TY - JOUR TI - Continuity or conquest? A multi-isotope approach to investigating identity in the Early Iron Age of the Southern Levant AU - Gregoricka, Lesley A. AU - Sheridan, Susan Guise T2 - American Journal of Physical Anthropology AB - Objectives Across the Mediterranean and Near East, the transition from the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1550–1200 BC) to the Early Iron Age (ca. 1200–900 BC) was accompanied by profound cultural change. While this transformation was initially attributed to invasion or conquest, more recent, nuanced interpretations of archaeological and biological data now emphasize the decline of palatial economies, a shift away from centralized political authority, and internal social restructuring amidst rapid climate change in lieu of “collapse.” Correspondingly, the hypothesis that Early Iron Age populations in Palestine represent the same ethnic group whose culture nevertheless underwent considerable change by actively adapting to internal and external forces was tested using biogeochemical data from individuals interred within an Early Iron Age tomb at the site of Tell Dothan. Materials and Methods Human dental enamel from molars (n = 43) recovered from Tomb I at Tell Dothan was analyzed for radiogenic strontium isotope ratios and stable oxygen and carbon (VPDB) isotope values. Results Strontium (mean = 0.70816 ± 0.00005, 1σ) isotope ratios, as well as oxygen (mean = −2.3 ± 0.7‰, 1σ) and carbon (mean = −11.9 ± 0.5‰, 1σ) isotope values, all display little variability. Discussion The absence of non-locals at Tell Dothan indicates that population replacement does not adequately explain the sociopolitical changes observed in the archaeological record. Further, homogeneity among isotope values is indicative of a community that was not highly mobile, suggesting that decentralization and a corresponding transition to a more mobile lifestyle may not accurately reflect the adaptive strategies of all human groups during this period as a mechanism to cope with social and environmental change. DA - 2017/// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1002/ajpa.23086 DP - Wiley Online Library VL - 162 IS - 1 SP - 73 EP - 89 LA - en SN - 1096-8644 ST - Continuity or conquest? UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ajpa.23086 Y2 - 2021/10/21/11:50:55 L1 - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/ajpa.23086 L2 - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.23086 KW - carbon isotopes KW - identity KW - oxygen isotopes KW - residential mobility KW - strontium isotopes ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene hydroclimate changes in continental Croatia recorded in speleothem δ13C and δ18O from Nova Grgosova Cave AU - Surić, Maša AU - Columbu, Andrea AU - Lončarić, Robert AU - Bajo, Petra AU - Bočić, Neven AU - Lončar, Nina AU - Drysdale, Russell N AU - Hellstrom, John C T2 - The Holocene AB - We present the first stable isotope (δ13C and δ18O) speleothem record from continental Croatia retrieved from two coeval stalagmites from Nova Grgosova Cave. U-Th dates constrain the stalagmite growth history from 10 ka to the present, revealing coeval growth between 7.8 and 5.6 ka. We interpret δ18O as an autumn/winter hydrological proxy related to changes of vapor source, precipitation amount, and/or seasonal rainfall distribution, while δ13C predominantly responds to spring/summer vegetation status and soil microbial activity. We identify several centennial to millennial-scale hydroclimate oscillations during this period that result from multiple forcing factors. Along with amount and source effect, it appears that some centennial variations were governed also by seasonal moisture balance. From 9.2 to 8.8 ka BP, the local environmental setting was characterized by enhanced vegetation activity, while during the 8.2 ka event the main feature was a change in precipitation seasonality. The most prominent change, identified in both δ13C records, is a sudden decline of vegetation and soil biological activity around 7.4 ka, indicating a precipitation decrease at a time of maximum plant growth in spring and summer and likely also reduced precipitation in autumn and winter. Although small in magnitude in these speleothems, a peak in δ18O and δ13C values at 4.3–4.1 ka suggests that both summer and winter conditions were substantially drier during the 4.2 ka event, in accordance with increased Mediterranean aridity and consistent with other global climate changes reported at this time. Compared to the present North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) influence, we assume that millennial Holocene NAO-like variations were persistent through the Holocene via their effect on modifying local/regional air temperature, vapor origin, and inter- and intrannual precipitation distribution. Anthropogenic deforestation, which was the first major human impact on the environment during the Neolithic agricultural revolution, is excluded as a leading factor in δ13C variability since the first sedentary settlements were established further to the east in more arable locations along river valleys. However, the impact of intensive mining around the cave site during the last millennium is evident, with substantial deforestation driving an increase in δ13C. DA - 2021/09/01/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1177/09596836211019120 DP - SAGE Journals VL - 31 IS - 9 SP - 1401 EP - 1416 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836211019120 Y2 - 2021/10/21/11:58:57 L1 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/09596836211019120 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Reporting atmospheric CO2 pressure corrected results of stable carbon isotope analyses of cereals remains from the archaeological site of Peñalosa (SE Iberian Peninsula): agricultural and social implications AU - Mora-González, Adrián AU - Fernandes, Ricardo AU - Contreras Cortés, Francisco AU - Granados-Torres, Arsenio AU - Alarcón García, Eva AU - Delgado-Huertas, Antonio T2 - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences AB - The practice of agriculture across the Mediterranean basin has had significant social and economic consequences, including the development of social inequalities. To inform on plant water status and thus on agricultural management techniques and environmental conditions during the first half of the second millennium BCE, we measured stable carbon isotopes in a set of 280 seeds of Hordeum vulgare L. and Pisum sativum from the archaeological site of Peñalosa (Baños de la Encina, southern Iberian Peninsula). The ranges in stable carbon isotope values for archaeological samples were wider than those observed for modern reference samples collected in 2014 and 2015, suggesting that archaeological samples experienced more varied water status conditions. This variability was associated with the location of the seeds within the site and could be a consequence of the cultivation of different plots and/or from temporal variations in local environmental conditions. For absolute comparisons of water status between modern and past samples, we introduced a novel correction to account for temporal changes in the concentration of atmospheric CO2 in addition to the usual adjustment that accounts for the variability in atmospheric CO2 stable carbon isotope values. This comparison showed that past samples had greater water availability than modern references, and thus, irrigation or intentional selection of naturally irrigated soils was practiced at the site. DA - 2019/05/01/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1007/s12520-018-0650-6 DP - Springer Link VL - 11 IS - 5 SP - 1995 EP - 2005 J2 - Archaeol Anthropol Sci LA - en SN - 1866-9565 ST - Reporting atmospheric CO2 pressure corrected results of stable carbon isotope analyses of cereals remains from the archaeological site of Peñalosa (SE Iberian Peninsula) UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-018-0650-6 Y2 - 2021/10/21/12:40:18 L1 - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs12520-018-0650-6.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - A diachronic reconstruction of the Northern Mesopotamian landscape (4th to 2nd millennia BCE) from three separate sources of evidence AU - de Gruchy, Michelle AU - Deckers, Katleen AU - Riehl, Simone T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports AB - This diachronic study spatially reconstructs the land cover of Northern Mesopotamia using a bottom-up approach that brings together three separate strands of research conducted independently by each of the authors examining three independent lines of evidence: seed/grain, charcoal, and isotope data. The results nonetheless provide a unified picture of a diverse and changing landscape with different types of steppe and riverine forests across Northern Mesopotamia from the fourth through second millennia BCE. DA - 2016/08/01/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.05.047 DP - ScienceDirect VL - 8 SP - 250 EP - 267 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352-409X UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X16302048 Y2 - 2021/10/21/12:41:09 L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352409X16302048 KW - Archaeobotany KW - GIS KW - Anthracology KW - Bronze age KW - Chalcolithic KW - Land cover KW - Stable carbon isotopes ER - TY - JOUR TI - Pleistocene and Holocene herbivore diets and palaeoenvironments in the Gebel Akhdar (Libya): Implications for past human populations AU - Reade, Hazel AU - Stevens, Rhiannon E. AU - O'Connell, Tamsin C. AU - Barker, Graeme T2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology AB - The Gebel Akhdar massif in Cyrenaica, northeast Libya, has yielded a long record of human occupation going back at least 100,000years. To date, there is only a limited understanding of how the landscape of the region varied in response to the climatic fluctuations of the last glacial–interglacial cycle, and the implications of these changes for local human populations remain largely unexplored. This study provides an isotope-based interpretation of past environments directly linked to the archaeological record. Tooth enamel stable carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) from herbivore species hunted by past human populations are used to infer the isotopic characteristics of past diet and vegetation, and in turn the likely environmental conditions that prevailed during periods when humans were active within the landscape. To provide a baseline from which to interpret the archaeological δ13C data, modern samples are considered in relation to their diet and environmental origin. Archaeological samples come from 2 cave sites, Haua Fteah and Hagfet ed Dabba, and span a period from oxygen isotope stage 4 to the mid-Holocene. Whilst results indicate a more arid environment in the Pleistocene and an increase in humidity at the onset of the Holocene, the overall picture is one of relative environmental stability. The biggest landscape change observed in the data occurs during the mid-Holocene Neolithic, when C4 plant species become evident in the herbivore diet for the first time. There is little evidence to suggest that this occurred at a time of any large-scale climate variation, and thus the contribution of anthropogenic influences to vegetation change is considered likely. DA - 2016/05/01/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.02.003 DP - ScienceDirect VL - 449 SP - 62 EP - 78 J2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology LA - en SN - 0031-0182 ST - Pleistocene and Holocene herbivore diets and palaeoenvironments in the Gebel Akhdar (Libya) UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216000687 Y2 - 2021/10/21/12:42:57 L1 - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1476146/1/HReade_UCL_upload.pdf L2 - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018216000687?via%3Dihub KW - Carbon isotopes KW - North Africa KW - C4 vegetation KW - Haua Fteah KW - Human occupation KW - Tooth enamel ER - TY - JOUR TI - Complex agriculture during the second millennium bc: isotope composition of carbon studies (δ13C) in archaeological plants of the settlement Cerro del Castillo de Alange (SW Iberian Peninsula, Spain) AU - Mora-González, Adrián AU - Delgado-Huertas, Antonio AU - Granados-Torres, Arsenio AU - Contreras Cortés, Francisco AU - Pavón Soldevila, Ignacio AU - Duque Espino, David T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany AB - The isotope composition of fruits and seeds of Hordeum vulgare L. (barley), Triticum aestivum/durum (wheat) and Vicia faba var. minor (faba bean) from three chronological phases between 2200 and 1321 cal bc of the settlement Cerro del Castillo de Alange (SW Iberian Peninsula) have been studied. The δ13C values for cereals were between −24.40 and −20.39‰ (V-PDB), with a mean of −22.01‰, the discrimination (Δ) being 15.96‰. The legumes registered similar values, between −26.25 and −20.49‰ (mean = −22.59‰), with a differential for the period of 16.51‰. In both cases, a change was noted from the first phase, where water availability is clearly a limiting factor for plant development. In subsequent phases the growing conditions appear be wetter. By comparison, we measured samples of Quercus ilex-coccifera (oak) charcoal, which shows similar values throughout the series. This suggests that there was no significant climate shift to moister conditions that could explain the above results, but rather they were the consequence of a change in crop management. In addition, we measured samples of a current rainfed Triticum sp. (year 2014), which averaged Δ13C 15.56‰. The changes between the three phases could indicate the development of mixed models of exploitation that combine strategies based on the use of rainfed and potentially irrigated areas during the 2nd millennium bc. The implementation of such a cropping technique, taking advantage of the river banks, could be a response to the processes of climatic degradation that begin in the Middle Holocene. The situation of the Cerro del Castillo reservoir between the rivers of the Guadiana and Matachel rivers is consistent with the development of this type of practice indicated by the isotopic and archaeobotanical data. DA - 2018/05/01/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s00334-017-0634-y DP - Springer Link VL - 27 IS - 3 SP - 453 EP - 462 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 1617-6278 ST - Complex agriculture during the second millennium bc UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-017-0634-y Y2 - 2021/10/21/12:43:52 L1 - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%252Fs00334-017-0634-y.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Influence of Climate on Stable Nitrogen Isotopic Values of Contemporary Greek Samples: Implications for Isotopic Studies of Human Remains from Neolithic to Late Bronze Age Greece AU - Dotsika, Elissavet AU - Diamantopoulos, Georgios T2 - Geosciences AB - In this paper, we study δ15N enrichment as an indicator not only of marine protein diet, but also of climate change. The slope of the variation of δ15N with precipitation was calculated equal to 0.38/100 mm of precipitation for Greek plants, 0.38/100 mm of precipitation for herbivores, and 0.32/100 mm of precipitation for the Greek human population (hair samples). As a case study, the slope was used to re-evaluate the published mean δ15N human bone collagen values from the Early Neolithic to Late Bronze Age for 22 archaeological sites. The results indicate that climate has a significant impact on the final δ15N values of plant and animal tissues. Furthermore, for the same sites, we investigated the intra-site diet patterns, while taking into account the environmental effect on the observed δ15N human bone collagen values. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.3390/geosciences9050217 DP - www.mdpi.com VL - 9 IS - 5 SP - 217 LA - en ST - Influence of Climate on Stable Nitrogen Isotopic Values of Contemporary Greek Samples UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/5/217 Y2 - 2021/10/21/12:44:28 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/5/217/pdf L2 - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/5/217 KW - Bronze Age KW - Neolithic KW - paleodiet KW - paleoclimate KW - stable isotopes KW - fauna KW - human remains KW - precipitation KW - δ13C KW - δ15N ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Spatially Explicit Crop Yield Model to Simulate Agricultural Productivity for Past Societies under Changing Environmental Conditions AU - Van Loo, Maarten AU - Verstraeten, Gert T2 - Water AB - Most contemporary crop yield models focus on a small time window, operate on a plot location, or do not include the effects of the changing environment, which makes it difficult to use these models to assess the agricultural sustainability for past societies. In this study, adaptions were made to the agronomic AquaCrop model. This adapted model was ran to cover the last 4000 years to simulate the impact of climate and land cover changes, as well as soil dynamics, on the productivity of winter wheat crops for a Mediterranean mountain environment in SW Turkey. AquaCrop has been made spatially explicit, which allows hydrological interactions between different landscape positions, whilst computational time is kept limited by implementing parallelisation schemes on a supercomputer. The adapted model was calibrated and validated using crop and soil information sampled during the 2015 and 2016 harvest periods. Simulated crop yields for the last 4000 years show the strong control of precipitation, while changes in soil thickness following erosion, and to lesser extent re-infiltration of runoff along a slope catena also have a significant impact on crop yield. The latter is especially important in the valleys, where soil and water accumulate. The model results also show that water export to the central valley strongly increased (up to four times) following deforestation and the resulting soil erosion on the hillslopes, turning it into a marsh and rendering it unsuitable for crop cultivation. DA - 2021/01// PY - 2021 DO - 10.3390/w13152023 DP - www.mdpi.com VL - 13 IS - 15 SP - 2023 LA - en UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/15/2023 Y2 - 2021/10/22/08:52:44 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/15/2023/pdf L2 - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/15/2023 KW - archaeology KW - spatially explicit KW - modelling KW - crop yield KW - high-performance computing KW - hydrology KW - soil erosion KW - soil thickness ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization AU - Morrison, Kathleen D. AU - Hammer, Emily AU - Boles, Oliver AU - Madella, Marco AU - Whitehouse, Nicola AU - Gaillard, Marie-Jose AU - Bates, Jennifer AU - Linden, Marc Vander AU - Merlo, Stefania AU - Yao, Alice AU - Popova, Laura AU - Hill, Austin Chad AU - Antolin, Ferran AU - Bauer, Andrew AU - Biagetti, Stefano AU - Bishop, Rosie R. AU - Buckland, Phillip AU - Cruz, Pablo AU - Dreslerová, Dagmar AU - Dusseldorp, Gerrit AU - Ellis, Erle AU - Filipovic, Dragana AU - Foster, Thomas AU - Hannaford, Matthew J. AU - Harrison, Sandy P. AU - Hazarika, Manjil AU - Herold, Hajnalka AU - Hilpert, Johanna AU - Kaplan, Jed O. AU - Kay, Andrea AU - Goldewijk, Kees Klein AU - Kolář, Jan AU - Kyazike, Elizabeth AU - Laabs, Julian AU - Lancelotti, Carla AU - Lane, Paul AU - Lawrence, Dan AU - Lewis, Krista AU - Lombardo, Umberto AU - Lucarini, Giulio AU - Arroyo-Kalin, Manuel AU - Marchant, Rob AU - Mayle, Francis AU - McClatchie, Meriel AU - McLeester, Madeleine AU - Mooney, Scott AU - Hoyo, Magdalena Moskal-del AU - Navarrete, Vanessa AU - Ndiema, Emmanuel AU - Neves, Eduardo Góes AU - Nowak, Marek AU - Out, Welmoed A. AU - Petrie, Cameron AU - Phelps, Leanne N. AU - Pinke, Zsolt AU - Rostain, Stéphen AU - Russell, Thembi AU - Sluyter, Andrew AU - Styring, Amy K. AU - Tamanaha, Eduardo AU - Thomas, Evert AU - Veerasamy, Selvakumar AU - Welton, Lynn AU - Zanon, Marco T2 - PLOS ONE AB - In the 12,000 years preceding the Industrial Revolution, human activities led to significant changes in land cover, plant and animal distributions, surface hydrology, and biochemical cycles. Earth system models suggest that this anthropogenic land cover change influenced regional and global climate. However, the representation of past land use in earth system models is currently oversimplified. As a result, there are large uncertainties in the current understanding of the past and current state of the earth system. In order to improve representation of the variety and scale of impacts that past land use had on the earth system, a global effort is underway to aggregate and synthesize archaeological and historical evidence of land use systems. Here we present a simple, hierarchical classification of land use systems designed to be used with archaeological and historical data at a global scale and a schema of codes that identify land use practices common to a range of systems, both implemented in a geospatial database. The classification scheme and database resulted from an extensive process of consultation with researchers worldwide. Our scheme is designed to deliver consistent, empirically robust data for the improvement of land use models, while simultaneously allowing for a comparative, detailed mapping of land use relevant to the needs of historical scholars. To illustrate the benefits of the classification scheme and methods for mapping historical land use, we apply it to Mesopotamia and Arabia at 6 kya (c. 4000 BCE). The scheme will be used to describe land use by the Past Global Changes (PAGES) LandCover6k working group, an international project comprised of archaeologists, historians, geographers, paleoecologists, and modelers. Beyond this, the scheme has a wide utility for creating a common language between research and policy communities, linking archaeologists with climate modelers, biodiversity conservation workers and initiatives. DA - 2021/04//undefined PY - 2021 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0246662 DP - PLoS Journals VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - e0246662 J2 - PLOS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Mapping past human land use using archaeological data UR - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246662 Y2 - 2021/10/22/08:57:37 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246662&type=printable L2 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246662 KW - Archaeology KW - Paleoclimatology KW - Agriculture KW - Radioactive carbon dating KW - Land use KW - Cattle KW - Earth systems KW - Historical archaeology ER - TY - JOUR TI - Natural and human impact in Mediterranean landscapes: An intriguing puzzle or only a question of time? AU - Marignani, M. AU - Chiarucci, A. AU - Sadori, L. AU - Mercuri, A. M. T2 - Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology AB - Time is a key factor to understand the effects of disturbance on natural communities or ecosystems. In Mediterranean landscapes, where nature and humans have been strongly intermingling since mid-Holocene, the relationships between plant ecology and palaeoecology and their role for the interpretation of natural and anthropogenic changes still needs to be clearly understood. Ecology and palaeoecology are both investigating such problems, but each of them cannot disentangle the specific role played by nature and by humans in shaping the present plant communities and landscapes. A new age of cooperation among researchers in ecology and palaeoecology is needed, and the integration of these closely related but separated research fields is necessary to explain the resulting dynamic puzzle. Plant ecologists should avoid the oversimplification of the actual causes as the exclusive drivers of plant communities and landscapes and force the exploitation of the available data to generate and test new hypotheses for past, present and future environmental reconstructions and management. Even when planning for the future biodiversity conservation, we need to properly use the existing information about millennia of human effects on the natural biotas, to properly set landscape management and conservation priorities. DA - 2017/09/03/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.1080/11263504.2016.1244121 DP - Taylor and Francis+NEJM VL - 151 IS - 5 SP - 900 EP - 905 SN - 1126-3504 ST - Natural and human impact in Mediterranean landscapes UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2016.1244121 Y2 - 2021/10/22/08:58:33 L1 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/11263504.2016.1244121 L2 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/11263504.2016.1244121 KW - Anthropocene KW - global change KW - interdisciplinarity KW - science oversimplification ER - TY - JOUR TI - Organic geochemical and palynological evidence for Holocene natural and anthropogenic environmental change at Lake Dojran (Macedonia/Greece) AU - Thienemann, Matthias AU - Masi, Alessia AU - Kusch, Stephanie AU - Sadori, Laura AU - John, Stephan AU - Francke, Alexander AU - Wagner, Bernd AU - Rethemeyer, Janet T2 - The Holocene AB - In this study, we present lipid biomarker and palynological data for a sediment core from Lake Dojran (Macedonia/Greece), which covers the entire Holocene period. We analyzed vascular plant-derived n-alkanes, combustion-derived polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), fecal steroids, and bacterial and archaeal glycerol dialkyl glycerol tetraether (GDGT) lipids in concert with microcharcoal and pollen assemblages to reconstruct climatic, environmental, and human impact in the Dojran catchment and the greater Dojran area. Overall, our results suggest a relationship between anthropogenic activity and environmental/climatic change since increased human impact corresponds to phases of higher humidity and high lake levels at Lake Dojran. During the early Holocene, the record reveals increasing temperatures and humidity and concurrent increasing vegetation cover and runoff/soil erosion, respectively. Following a thermal maximum during the middle early Holocene, temperatures decrease gradually until present. The middle-Holocene at Lake Dojran is characterized by relatively stable environmental conditions followed by greater climatic instability and strong anthropogenic overprint during the late-Holocene. The fecal stanol record reveals phases of increased human impact during the early Bronze Age, the late Bonze/early Iron Age, and the Middle Ages. A phase of low stanol and PAH concentrations from the late Iron Age until the early Middle Ages is either related to ecosystem changes and/or changes in settlement pattern since concurrent pollen data indicate intensified land use. Human impact re-intensified during the Middle Ages with some variability probably related to climatic variations of the ‘Medieval Warm Period’ and the ‘Little Ice Age’. DA - 2017/08/01/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.1177/0959683616683261 DP - SAGE Journals VL - 27 IS - 8 SP - 1103 EP - 1114 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683616683261 Y2 - 2021/10/25/09:19:04 L1 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683616683261 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Fires and human activities as key factors in the high diversity of Corsican vegetation AU - Lestienne, Marion AU - Jouffroy-Bapicot, Isabelle AU - Leyssenne, Déborah AU - Sabatier, Pierre AU - Debret, Maxime AU - Albertini, Pierre-Jean AU - Colombaroli, Daniele AU - Didier, Julien AU - Hély, Christelle AU - Vannière, Boris T2 - The Holocene AB - In the Mediterranean region, Corsica represents one of the most important hotspots of biodiversity, partly due to the high number of endemics species. This regi... DA - 2019/10/29/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619883025 DP - journals.sagepub.com LA - en ST - Fires and human activities as key factors in the high diversity of Corsican vegetation UR - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619883025 AN - Sage UK: London, England Y2 - 2021/10/25/09:28:23 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02378546/file/Lestienne_etal_2019_TheHolocene_Mediterranean_Corsican_Holocene_vegetation_fires.pdf L2 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619883025 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene environmental history of a small Mediterranean island in response to sea-level changes, climate and human impact AU - Poher, Yoann AU - Ponel, Philippe AU - Médail, Frédéric AU - Andrieu-Ponel, Valérie AU - Guiter, Frédéric T2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology DA - 2017/01// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2016.10.037 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 465 SP - 247 EP - 263 J2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology LA - en SN - 00310182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018216306745 Y2 - 2021/10/26/08:00:35 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01681558/file/PREPRINT_Poher_etal2016_Holocene%20environmental%20history%20of%20a%20small%20Mediterranean%20island%20in%20response%20to%20sea-level%20changes%2C%20climate%20and%20human%20impact.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Chronology of an ancient water reservoir and the history of human activity in the Negev Highlands, Israel AU - Junge, Andrea AU - Lomax, Johanna AU - Shahack-Gross, Ruth AU - Finkelstein, Israel AU - Fuchs, Markus T2 - Geoarchaeology DA - 2018/11// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1002/gea.21682 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 33 IS - 6 SP - 695 EP - 707 J2 - Geoarchaeology LA - en SN - 08836353 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gea.21682 Y2 - 2021/10/26/08:00:26 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Palynological evidence for human occupation in western Rough Cilicia (southwest Turkey) AU - Karlıoğlu, Nurgül AU - Caner, Hülya AU - Rauh, Nicholas K. AU - Akkemik, Ünal AU - Köse, Nesibe AU - Connor, Edward M. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2016/05// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.036 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 401 SP - 109 EP - 122 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618215006369 Y2 - 2021/10/26/08:00:18 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Socioenvironmental change as a process: Changing foodways as adaptation to climate change in South Greece from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age AU - Dibble, Flint AU - Finné, Martin T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.04.024 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 597 SP - 50 EP - 62 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Socioenvironmental change as a process UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618221002445 Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:59:23 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Long-Term Responses of Mediterranean Mountain Forests to Climate Change, Fire and Human Activities in the Northern Apennines (Italy) AU - Morales-Molino, César AU - Steffen, Marianne AU - Samartin, Stéphanie AU - van Leeuwen, Jaqueline F. N. AU - Hürlimann, Daniel AU - Vescovi, Elisa AU - Tinner, Willy T2 - Ecosystems AB - Abstract Fagus sylvatica (beech) dominates the montane forests of the Apennines and builds old-growth high-conservation value stands. However, recent severe drought-induced diebacks raise concern on the future persistence of these forests and of Southern European mesophilous woodlands overall, growing at their dry edge. To explore the history of Apennine beech-dominated forests, we draw on the multiproxy paleoecological record from Lago Verdarolo, which includes a robust vegetation-independent temperature reconstruction. Numerical techniques are used to investigate the drivers of long-term Mediterranean mountain forest dynamics. Specifically, we focus on disentangling the ecological factors that caused the shift from high-diversity mixed forests to beech-dominated stands and on assessing the occurrence of legacy effects on present-day forests. Abrupt climate change largely drove vegetation dynamics during the Late Glacial and Early Holocene. Species-rich mixed Abies alba (silver fir) forests dominated about 10,500—5500 years ago, under rather dry and warmer-than-today conditions (+ 1—2 °C) and limited fire occurrence. Cooler and moister summers and increasing fire activity caused declines in several fire-sensitive temperate deciduous trees (for example, Ulmus, Tilia, Fraxinus ) and favored the establishment of fir-beech forests around 5500 years ago. Further enhancement of fire activity and farming around 2000 years ago led to local Abies alba extinction and forest impoverishment. We conclude that the currently widespread monospecific Apennine beech forests are the result of multi-millennial land-use intensification superimposed on Late Holocene cooling and moistening. Given their higher drought-tolerance compared to beech stands, reviving ancient species-rich mixed fir forests represents a feasible and ‘tested’ possibility to adapt forests to climate change. DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1007/s10021-020-00587-4 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 24 IS - 6 SP - 1361 EP - 1377 J2 - Ecosystems LA - en SN - 1432-9840, 1435-0629 UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10021-020-00587-4 Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:59:09 L1 - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10021-020-00587-4.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Croatia's mid-Late Holocene (5200-3200 BP) coastal vegetation shaped by human societies AU - Kaniewski, David AU - Marriner, Nick AU - Morhange, Christophe AU - Rius, Damien AU - Carre, Marie-Brigitte AU - Faivre, Sanja AU - Van Campo, Elise T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2018/11// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.10.004 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 200 SP - 334 EP - 350 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379118304062 Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:58:59 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Land use, climate change and ‘boom-bust’ sequences in agricultural landscapes: Interdisciplinary perspectives from the Peloponnese (Greece) AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Bonnier, Anton AU - Finné, Martin T2 - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.jaa.2021.101319 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 63 SP - 101319 J2 - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology LA - en SN - 02784165 ST - Land use, climate change and ‘boom-bust’ sequences in agricultural landscapes UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0278416521000520 Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:57:02 L1 - https://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1562709/FULLTEXT01 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Archaeogenetics and Landscape Dynamics in Sicily during the Holocene: A Review AU - Romano, Valentino AU - Catalano, Giulio AU - Bazan, Giuseppe AU - Calì, Francesco AU - Sineo, Luca T2 - Sustainability AB - The Mediterranean islands and their population history are of considerable importance to the interpretation of the population history of Europe as a whole. In this context, Sicily, because of its geographic position, represents a bridge between Africa, the Near East, and Europe that led to the stratification of settlements and admixture events. The genetic analysis of extant and ancient human samples has tried to reconstruct the population dynamics associated with the cultural and demographic changes that took place during the prehistory and history of Sicily. In turn, genetic, demographic and cultural changes need to be understood in the context of the environmental changes that took place over the Holocene. Based on this framework, this paper aims to discuss the cultural and demographic dimension of the island by reviewing archaeogenetic studies, and lastly, we discuss the ecological constraints related to human peopling in times of change in landscapes that occurred on the island in various periods. Finally, possible directions for future archaeogenetic studies of Sicily are discussed. Despite its long human history, Sicily is still one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. The lessons we learn from the past use of landscape provide models for sustainable future management of the Mediterranean’s landscapes. DA - 2021/08/24/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.3390/su13179469 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 13 IS - 17 SP - 9469 J2 - Sustainability LA - en SN - 2071-1050 ST - Archaeogenetics and Landscape Dynamics in Sicily during the Holocene UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9469 Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:56:51 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/17/9469/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - 300-year drought frames Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age transition in the Near East: new palaeoecological data from Cyprus and Syria AU - Kaniewski, David AU - Marriner, Nick AU - Bretschneider, Joachim AU - Jans, Greta AU - Morhange, Christophe AU - Cheddadi, Rachid AU - Otto, Thierry AU - Luce, Frédéric AU - Van Campo, Elise T2 - Regional Environmental Change DA - 2019/12// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1007/s10113-018-01460-w DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 19 IS - 8 SP - 2287 EP - 2297 J2 - Reg Environ Change LA - en SN - 1436-3798, 1436-378X ST - 300-year drought frames Late Bronze Age to Early Iron Age transition in the Near East UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10113-018-01460-w Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:56:33 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Cold and dry outbreaks in the eastern Mediterranean 3200 years ago AU - Kaniewski, David AU - Marriner, Nick AU - Cheddadi, Rachid AU - Morhange, Christophe AU - Bretschneider, Joachim AU - Jans, Greta AU - Otto, Thierry AU - Luce, Frédéric AU - Van Campo, Elise T2 - Geology AB - Abstract Can climate affect societies? This question, of both past and present importance, is encapsulated by the major socioeconomic crisis that affected the Mediterranean 3200 yr ago. The demise of the core civilizations of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age and the early Iron Age (Dark Ages) is still controversial because it raises the question of climate-change impacts on ancient societies. Although evidence for this climate shift has gradually gained currency, recent attempts to quantify its magnitude remain equivocal. Here we focus on the northern Levant (coastal Syria) where the economic, political, and cultural changes were particularly acute. We quantify past climate changes and find that mean annual temperatures attained anomalies of − 2.3 ± 0.3 °C to − 4.8 ± 0.4 °C compared to present-day conditions. Rainfall regimes displayed an important shift in seasonality, with a 40% decrease in winter precipitation. A 300 yr period of dry and cool climate started ∼3200 yr ago and was coeval with deep social changes in the eastern Mediterranean. These “Little Ice Age”–type conditions affected harvests, leading to severe food shortages that probably aggravated the sociopolitical tensions. This crisis highlights the fragility of societies, both past and present, to major climate-change episodes and their broader consequences. DA - 2019/10/01/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1130/G46491.1 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 47 IS - 10 SP - 933 EP - 937 LA - en SN - 0091-7613, 1943-2682 UR - https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/47/10/933/573172/Cold-and-dry-outbreaks-in-the-eastern Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:56:20 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The environmental history of Classical and Hellenistic Greece: The contribution of environmental archaeology AU - Post, Ruben T2 - History Compass DA - 2017/10// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1111/hic3.12392 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 IS - 10 SP - e12392 J2 - History Compass LA - en SN - 14780542 ST - The environmental history of Classical and Hellenistic Greece UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hic3.12392 Y2 - 2021/10/26/07:56:09 ER - TY - JOUR TI - At the origins of Pompeii: the plant landscape of the Sarno River floodplain from the first millennium bc to the ad 79 eruption AU - Vignola, Cristiano AU - Bonetto, Jacopo AU - Furlan, Guido AU - Mazza, Michele AU - Nicosia, Cristiano AU - Russo Ermolli, Elda AU - Sadori, Laura T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany AB - Abstract The ad 79 eruption of the Vesuvius severely affected the floodplain surrounding the ancient city of Pompeii, i.e. the Sarno River floodplain. The landscape was covered with volcaniclastic materials that destroyed the ecosystem but, at the same time, preserved the traces of former environmental conditions. This study provides—for the first time—a pollen sequence reconstructing the environmental evolution and the plant landscape of the Sarno floodplain between 900 and 750 cal bc and ad 79, i.e. before and during the foundation of the city, and during its life phases. Previous geomorphological studies revealed that the portion of the Sarno floodplain under the “Pompeii hill” was a freshwater backswamp with patchy inundated and dry areas. Palynology depicts a thin forest cover since the Early Iron Age, suggesting an open environment with a mosaic of vegetation types. The local presence of Mediterranean coastal shrubland, hygrophilous riverine forest and mesophilous plain forest is combined with the regional contribution of mountain vegetation through the sequence. Oscillations between inundated and wet ground characterized the studied area until the ad 79 eruption. Such a natural environment shows anthropogenic traits since pre-Roman times: pasturelands, cultivated fields and olive groves, which probably occupied drier soils. The most important change in the land use system was the introduction of cabbage cultivation in the fourth century bc and its intensification from the second century bc , when Roman influence grew. The presence of tree crops and of ornamental trees reveals the opulence of the Imperial age until the catastrophic eruption. DA - 2021/06/26/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1007/s00334-021-00847-w DP - DOI.org (Crossref) J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 ST - At the origins of Pompeii UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-021-00847-w Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:49:47 L1 - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00334-021-00847-w.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - A critical assessment of human-impact indices based on anthropogenic pollen indicators AU - Deza-Araujo, Mara AU - Morales-Molino, César AU - Tinner, Willy AU - Henne, Paul D. AU - Heitz, Caroline AU - Pezzatti, Gianni B. AU - Hafner, Albert AU - Conedera, Marco T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2020/05// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106291 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 236 SP - 106291 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379120302535 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:49:39 ER - TY - JOUR TI - First evidence of a lake at Ancient Phaistos (Messara Plain, South-Central Crete, Greece): Reconstructing paleoenvironments and differentiating the roles of human land-use and paleoclimate from Minoan to Roman times AU - Ghilardi, Matthieu AU - Psomiadis, David AU - Andrieu-Ponel, Valérie AU - Colleu, Maxime AU - Sotiropoulos, Pavlos AU - Longo, Fausto AU - Rossi, Amedeo AU - Amato, Vincenzo AU - Gasse, Françoise AU - Sinibaldi, Laetitia AU - Renard, Mélanie AU - Bicket, Andrew AU - Delanghe, Doriane AU - Demory, François AU - Fleury, Jules T2 - The Holocene AB - Phaistos was one of the most important Minoan palaces in Crete and previous studies have addressed its relationship with the paleo-seashore position during historical times. Here, we reconstruct the environmental evolution of Phaistos from Early Minoan to Roman times. Study of two stratigraphic sections and nine boreholes drilled in the westernmost part of the Messara Plain has revealed the stratigraphy of the Mid- to Late-Holocene sediments. Laboratory analyses comprise granulometry, magnetic susceptibility measurements and identification of mollusks, diatoms and pollen grains. Eighteen radiocarbon dates provide a robust chronostratigraphy. In addition, a geophysical survey (electric resistivity tomography (ERT) method) was conducted to reveal the sub-surface morphology in the coring area. The results reveal that a freshwater lake existed from ca. 2100–2000 BC to ca. 1200–1100 BC, which subsequently became swampland until ca. 700 BC. A lake retreat is identified at ca. 1200–1000 BC and can be interpreted as resulting from the 3.2 cal kyr BP rapid climate change (RCC) dry event, observed elsewhere in the Eastern Mediterranean. Subsequently, from the 7th to the 5th century BC, there was the input of detrital material and fluvial dynamics prevailed until at least Roman times. The origin of the lake and its disappearance are discussed in the context of regional climate change and local tectonic activity, without excluding possible human influences. We also reconstruct the vegetation history for the period from the Late Minoan to the Early Archaic period. Pollen analysis reveals a Mediterranean maquis landscape dominated by Olea, together with hygrophilous vegetation, and highlights a clear transition from limnic to swampy environmental conditions around 1100 BC. The pollen sequence is also important for assessing the impact of the 3.2 cal. kyr BP RCC event and for assessing the possibility of an abrupt discontinuity in human activity around Phaistos after the demise of the Minoan Civilization. DA - 2018/08// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1177/0959683618771473 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 28 IS - 8 SP - 1225 EP - 1244 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - First evidence of a lake at Ancient Phaistos (Messara Plain, South-Central Crete, Greece) UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683618771473 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:49:25 L1 - https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01871064/file/GHI%20The%20Holocene%202018.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Cause-and-effect in Mediterranean erosion: The role of humans and climate upon Holocene sediment flux into a central Anatolian lake catchment AU - Roberts, Neil AU - Allcock, Samantha L. AU - Barnett, Hannah AU - Mather, Anne AU - Eastwood, Warren J. AU - Jones, Matthew AU - Primmer, Nick AU - Yiğitbașıoğlu, Hakan AU - Vannière, Boris T2 - Geomorphology DA - 2019/04// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.geomorph.2018.11.016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 331 SP - 36 EP - 48 J2 - Geomorphology LA - en SN - 0169555X ST - Cause-and-effect in Mediterranean erosion UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169555X18304653 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:49:18 L1 - https://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/55167412/Nar_Geomorph_accepted_ms_repository.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Major flood events recorded in the Holocene sedimentary sequence of the uplifted Ladiko and Makrisia basins near ancient Olympia (western Peloponnese, Greece) AU - Vött, Andreas AU - Willershäuser, Timo AU - Röbke, Björn R. AU - Obrocki, Lea AU - Fischer, Peter AU - Hadler, Hanna AU - Emde, Kurt AU - Eder, Birgitta AU - Gehrke, Hans-Joachim AU - Lang, Franziska T2 - Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementary Issues DA - 2019/10/01/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1127/zfg_suppl/2018/0499 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 62 IS - 2 SP - 143 EP - 195 J2 - zfg_suppl LA - en SN - 1864-1687 UR - http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/zfg_suppl/detail/62/91790/Major_flood_events_recorded_in_the_Holocene_sedime?af=crossref Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:50:02 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Sedimentation as geomorphological bias and indicator of agricultural (un)sustainability in the study of the coastal plains of South and Central Italy in antiquity AU - Attema, Peter T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2017/10// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.07.024 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 SP - 459 EP - 469 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16304217 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:50:18 L1 - https://pure.rug.nl/ws/files/100590617/1_s2.0_S2352409X16304217_main.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Palaeogeographical and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the Medjerda delta (Tunisia) during the Holocene AU - Pleuger, E. AU - Goiran, J.-Ph. AU - Mazzini, I. AU - Delile, H. AU - Abichou, A. AU - Gadhoum, A. AU - Djerbi, H. AU - Piotrowska, N. AU - Wilson, A. AU - Fentress, E. AU - Ben Jerbania, I. AU - Fagel, N. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/09// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.017 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 220 SP - 263 EP - 278 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379118307789 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:50:10 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Archaeology, hydrogeology and geomythology in the Stymphalos valley AU - Walsh, K. AU - Brown, A.G. AU - Gourley, B. AU - Scaife, R. T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2017/10// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.058 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 SP - 446 EP - 458 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X17302390 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:52:34 L1 - https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/116010/8/JASREP_D_16_00231R1.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Middle and Late Holocene vegetation history of the Murcia region from a new high-resolution pollen sequence from the Mar Menor lagoon AU - Azuara, Julien AU - Lebreton, Vincent AU - Dezileau, Laurent AU - Pérez Ruzafa, Angel AU - Combourieu-Nebout, Nathalie T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2020/06// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102353 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 31 SP - 102353 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X20301449 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:52:27 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02569012/file/ArticleJARESP_Mar%20Menor_DV_hal.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mediterranean land use systems from prehistory to antiquity: a case study from Peloponnese (Greece) AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Hughes, Ryan E. AU - Finné, Martin AU - Bonnier, Anton AU - Kaplan, Jed O. T2 - Journal of Land Use Science DA - 2019/01/02/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1080/1747423X.2019.1639836 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 20 J2 - Journal of Land Use Science LA - en SN - 1747-423X, 1747-4248 ST - Mediterranean land use systems from prehistory to antiquity UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1639836 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:52:18 L1 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1747423X.2019.1639836?needAccess=true ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mediterranean archeology and environmental histories in the spotlight of the Anthropocene AU - Kearns, Catherine T2 - History Compass DA - 2017/10// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1111/hic3.12371 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 IS - 10 SP - e12371 J2 - History Compass LA - en SN - 14780542 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/hic3.12371 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:52:07 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human-environmental interactions in Mediterranean climate regions from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene AU - Rick, Torben AU - Ontiveros, Miguel Ángel Cau AU - Jerardino, Antonieta AU - Mariotti, Annarita AU - Méndez, César AU - Williams, Alan N. T2 - Anthropocene DA - 2020/09// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100253 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 31 SP - 100253 J2 - Anthropocene LA - en SN - 22133054 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2213305420300199 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:54:39 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Regional paleoclimates and local consequences: Integrating GIS analysis of diachronic settlement patterns and process-based agroecosystem modeling of potential agricultural productivity in Provence (France) AU - Contreras, Daniel A. AU - Hiriart, Eneko AU - Bondeau, Alberte AU - Kirman, Alan AU - Guiot, Joël AU - Bernard, Loup AU - Suarez, Romain AU - Van Der Leeuw, Sander T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Hart, John P. DA - 2018/12/12/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0207622 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 13 IS - 12 SP - e0207622 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Regional paleoclimates and local consequences UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0207622 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:54:33 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0207622&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Dynamics of Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600–1000 bc: An Interpretative Synthesis of Knowns and Unknowns AU - Broodbank, Cyprian AU - Lucarini, Giulio T2 - Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology AB - Mediterranean Africa forms a crucial junction between the wider Saharan zone and the rest of the Mediterranean.In contrast to its well-investigated history from the first millennium BC onward, its antecedentdynamics are very poorly understood, and deeper archaeological histories of the Mediterranean thereforeremain unbalanced and incomplete. This paper draws on a new surge in data to present the first up-todateinterpretative synthesis of this region's archaeology from the start of the Holocene until the threshold ofthe Iron Age (9600-1000 bc). It presents the evidence for climatic, environmental and sea-level change,followed by analysis of the chronological and spatial patterning of all radiocarbon dates from MediterraneanAfrica, brought together for the first time. The principal exploration then divides into three phases.During Phase 1 (9600-6200 bc) diverse forms of hunting, gathering and foraging were ubiquitous.Phase 2 (6200-4000 bc) witnessed more continuity than elsewhere in the Mediterranean, but also thewidespread uptake of domesticated livestock and gradual evolution of herding societies, as well as limitedenclaves of farming. Phase 3 (4000-1000 bc) has been least explored, outside developments in Egypt; inthe east this phase witnessed the emergence of fully nomadic and transhumant pastoralism, with politicalsuperstructures, while trajectories in the west remain obscure, but in parts of the Maghreb suggest complexpossibilities. Contacts with the Mediterranean maritime world grew during the third and second millenniabc, while interaction to the south was transformed by desertification. Understanding how the southernMediterranean shore was drawn into Iron Age networks will require much better knowledge of its indigenoussocieties. The present constitutes a pivotal moment, in terms of accumulated knowledge, pathways forfuture investigation and engagement with a challenging current geopolitical situation. DA - 2020/01/30/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.1558/jma.40581 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 32 IS - 2 SP - 195 EP - 267 J2 - JMA SN - 1743-1700, 0952-7648 ST - Dynamics of Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600–1000 bc UR - https://journal.equinoxpub.com/JMA/article/view/16593 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:54:27 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The onset of islandscapes in the Balearic Islands: A study-case of Addaia (northern Minorca, Spain) AU - Servera-Vives, Gabriel AU - Riera, Santiago AU - Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenç AU - Moffa-Sánchez, Paola AU - Llergo, Yolanda AU - Garcia, Arnau AU - Mus-Amezquita, Maurici AU - García Álvarez, Salvia AU - Calvo Trías, Manuel T2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology DA - 2018/06// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.02.015 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 498 SP - 9 EP - 23 J2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology LA - en SN - 00310182 ST - The onset of islandscapes in the Balearic Islands UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018217310477 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:54:20 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Middle Holocene rapid environmental changes and human adaptation in Greece AU - Lespez, Laurent AU - Glais, Arthur AU - Lopez-Saez, José-Antonio AU - Le Drezen, Yann AU - Tsirtsoni, Zoï AU - Davidson, Robert AU - Biree, Laetitia AU - Malamidou, Dimitra T2 - Quaternary Research AB - Numerous researchers discuss of the collapse of civilizations in response to abrupt climate change in the Mediterranean region. The period between 6500 and 5000 cal yr BP is one of the least studied episodes of rapid climate change at the end of the Late Neolithic. This period is characterized by a dramatic decline in settlement and a cultural break in the Balkans. High-resolution paleoenvironmental proxy data obtained in the Lower Angitis Valley enables an examination of the societal responses to rapid climatic change in Greece. Development of a lasting fluvio-lacustrine environment followed by enhanced fluvial activity is evident from 6000 cal yr BP. Paleoecological data show a succession of dry events at 5800–5700, 5450 and 5000–4900 cal yr BP. These events correspond to incursion of cold air masses to the eastern Mediterranean, confirming the climatic instability of the middle Holocene climate transition. Two periods with farming and pastural activities (6300–5600 and 5100–4700 cal BP) are evident. The intervening period is marked by environmental changes, but the continuous occurrence of anthropogenic taxa suggests the persistence of human activities despite the absence of archaeological evidence. The environmental factors alone were not sufficient to trigger the observed societal changes. DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.yqres.2016.02.002 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 85 IS - 2 SP - 227 EP - 244 J2 - Quat. res. LA - en SN - 0033-5894, 1096-0287 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0033589400000272/type/journal_article Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:54:14 L1 - https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/223513/1/Middle%20Holocene%20rapid%20environmental%20changes.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mediterranean landscape change during the Holocene: Synthesis, comparison and regional trends in population, land cover and climate AU - Roberts, C Neil AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Fyfe, Ralph AU - Shennan, Stephen T2 - The Holocene AB - This synthesis paper offers a comparative perspective on how seven different Mediterranean regions, from Iberia and Morocco to the Levant, have been transformed by human and natural agencies during the past 10 millennia. It draws on a range of data sources: notably (1) archaeological site surveys ( n = 32,000) and 14 C dates ( n = 12,000) as proxies for long-term population change, (2) pollen records as a proxy for past vegetation and land cover ( n = 253) and (3) proxies, such as stable isotopes, from lake, cave and marine records as indicators of hydro-climate ( n = 47). Where possible, these data sets have been made spatially and temporally congruent in order to examine relationships between them statistically and graphically. Data have been aggregated or averaged for each region/sub-region and put into 200-year time windows. Archaeo-demographic data show a clear increase at the start of Neolithic farming, followed by a series of regionally asynchronous fluctuations in population, prior to a pan-Mediterranean Roman settlement maximum. Pollen data indicate a late-Holocene decline in %Arboreal Pollen in those regions that were initially well wooded, but not in drier regions of the southern/eastern Mediterranean. Overall, the clearest palynological proxy for human land cover change is provided by the OJCV (tree crop) index. The cultivation of these trees in the eastern Mediterranean after 6500 cal. yr BP may have been an adaptive response to mid-Holocene climatic desiccation. These anthropogenic pollen indicators correlate more closely with trends in population than with regional hydro-climatic z scores, implying that they reflect primarily human activities. During the mid Holocene, most Mediterranean landscapes were transformed by a combination of climate and rural land use, but after ~3500 cal. yr BP, human actions became increasingly dominant in determining land cover. During the past 1500 years, the dominant landscape trajectory in the eastern Mediterranean was markedly different to that in the central/western Mediterranean. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826697 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 923 EP - 937 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Mediterranean landscape change during the Holocene UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826697 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:54:06 L1 - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/10026.1/13132/1/Roberts%20et%20al_A%20Mediterranean%20synthesis_Holocene_2019_repository%20copy.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mediterranean Holocene climate, environment and human societies AU - Holmgren, Karin AU - Gogou, Alexandra. AU - Izdebski, Adam. AU - Luterbacher, Juerg. AU - Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine AU - Xoplaki, Elena T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.014 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 1 EP - 4 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115301955 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:53:58 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Potential responses and resilience of Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age societies to mid-to Late Holocene climate change on the southern Iberian Peninsula AU - Weinelt, Mara AU - Kneisel, Jutta AU - Schirrmacher, Julien AU - Hinz, Martin AU - Ribeiro, Artur T2 - Environmental Research Letters DA - 2021/05/01/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1088/1748-9326/abd8a8 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 16 IS - 5 SP - 055007 J2 - Environ. Res. Lett. SN - 1748-9326 UR - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd8a8 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:53:45 L1 - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abd8a8/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Landscape use and fruit cultivation in Petra (Jordan) from Early Nabataean to Byzantine times (2nd century bc–5th century ad) AU - Bouchaud, Charlene AU - Jacquat, Christiane AU - Martinoli, Danièle T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2017/03// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1007/s00334-016-0582-y DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 223 EP - 244 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-016-0582-y Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:53:37 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02306033/file/bouchaud-et-al_2017_Petra_Author%20accepted%20version.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human-shaped landscape history in NE Greece. A palaeoenvironmental perspective AU - Glais, Arthur AU - Lespez, Laurent AU - Vannière, Boris AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2017/10// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.017 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 SP - 405 EP - 422 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X17304236 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:53:28 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01731091/file/Glais%20et%20al_pre-print.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th millennium BC: A comparative study of environmental and archaeological evidence AU - Clarke, Joanne AU - Brooks, Nick AU - Banning, Edward B. AU - Bar-Matthews, Miryam AU - Campbell, Stuart AU - Clare, Lee AU - Cremaschi, Mauro AU - di Lernia, Savino AU - Drake, Nick AU - Gallinaro, Marina AU - Manning, Sturt AU - Nicoll, Kathleen AU - Philip, Graham AU - Rosen, Steve AU - Schoop, Ulf-Dietrich AU - Tafuri, Mary Anne AU - Weninger, Bernhard AU - Zerboni, Andrea T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.003 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 96 EP - 121 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Climatic changes and social transformations in the Near East and North Africa during the ‘long’ 4th millennium BC UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S027737911530127X Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:55:02 L1 - https://air.unimi.it/bitstream/2434/329205/5/Clarke%20et%20al_QSR_2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Crisis in Context: The End of the Late Bronze Age in the Eastern Mediterranean AU - Knapp, A. Bernard AU - Manning, Sturt W. T2 - American Journal of Archaeology DA - 2016/// PY - 2016 DO - 10.3764/aja.120.1.0099 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 120 IS - 1 SP - 99 J2 - American Journal of Archaeology SN - 00029114 ST - Crisis in Context UR - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3764/aja.120.1.0099 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:54:54 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Sea level changes and past vegetation in the Punic period (5th–4th century BC): Archaeological, geomorphological and palaeobotanical indicators (South Sardinia – West Mediterranean Sea) AU - Buosi, Carla AU - Del Rio, Myriam AU - Orrù, Paolo AU - Pittau, Paola AU - Scanu, Giovanni Giuseppe AU - Solinas, Emanuela T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/05// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.07.005 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 439 SP - 141 EP - 157 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Sea level changes and past vegetation in the Punic period (5th–4th century BC) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216301501 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:55:59 ER - TY - JOUR TI - δ 13 C values in archaeological 14 C-AMS dated charcoals: Assessing mid-Holocene climate fluctuations and human response from a high-resolution isotope record (Arslantepe, Turkey) AU - Vignola, C. AU - Masi, A. AU - Balossi Restelli, F. AU - Frangipane, M. AU - Marzaioli, F. AU - Passariello, I. AU - Rubino, M. AU - Terrasi, F. AU - Sadori, L. T2 - Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry DA - 2018/07/30/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.1002/rcm.8137 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 32 IS - 14 SP - 1149 EP - 1162 J2 - Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom LA - en SN - 09514198 ST - δ 13 C values in archaeological 14 C-AMS dated charcoals UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rcm.8137 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:55:51 L1 - https://eprints.keele.ac.uk/4853/1/2018Vignola_d13C%20values%20in%20archaeological%2014C-AMS%20dated%20charcoals.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - 7300 years of vegetation history and climate for NW Malta: a Holocene perspective AU - Gambin, B. AU - Andrieu-Ponel, V. AU - Médail, F. AU - Marriner, N. AU - Peyron, O. AU - Montade, V. AU - Gambin, T. AU - Morhange, C. AU - Belkacem, D. AU - Djamali, M. T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. This paper investigates the Holocene vegetation dynamics for Burmarrad in Northwest Malta and provides a pollen-based quantitative palaeoclimatic reconstruction for this centrally located Mediterranean archipelago. The pollen record from this site provides new insight into the vegetation changes from 7280 to 1730 cal BP which correspond well with other regional records. The climate reconstruction for the area also provides strong correlation with southern (below 40° N) Mediterranean sites. Our interpretation suggests an initially open landscape during the early Neolithic, surrounding a large palaeobay, developing into a dense Pistacia scrubland ca. 6700 cal BP. From about 4450 cal BP the landscape once again becomes open, coinciding with the start of the Bronze Age on the archipelago. This period is concurrent with increased climatic instability (between 4500 and 3700 cal BP) which is followed by a gradual decrease in summer moisture availability in the late Holocene. During the early Roman occupation period (1972–1730 cal BP) the landscape remains generally open with a moderate increase in Olea. This increase corresponds to archaeological evidence for olive oil production in the area, along with increases in cultivated crop taxa and associated ruderal species, as well as a rise in fire events. The Maltese archipelago provides important insight into vegetation, human impacts, and climatic changes in an island context during the Holocene. DA - 2016/02/15/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.5194/cp-12-273-2016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 273 EP - 297 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 ST - 7300 years of vegetation history and climate for NW Malta UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/12/273/2016/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:55:30 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/12/273/2016/cp-12-273-2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Pioneer farming in southeast Europe during the early sixth millennium BC: Climate-related adaptations in the exploitation of plants and animals AU - Ivanova, Maria AU - De Cupere, Bea AU - Ethier, Jonathan AU - Marinova, Elena T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Biehl, Peter F. DA - 2018/05/18/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0197225 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 13 IS - 5 SP - e0197225 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Pioneer farming in southeast Europe during the early sixth millennium BC UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197225 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:55:21 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0197225&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Socio-Ecological Contingencies with Climate Changes over the Prehistory in the Mediterranean Iberia AU - Brisset, Elodie AU - Revelles, Jordi AU - Expósito, Isabel AU - Bernabeu Aubán, Joan AU - Burjachs, Francesc T2 - Quaternary AB - We conducted palynological, sedimentological, and chronological analyses of a coastal sediment sequence to investigate landscape evolution and agropastoral practices in the Nao Cap region (Spain, Western Mediterranean) since the Holocene. The results allowed for a reconstruction of vegetation, fire, and erosion dynamics in the area, implicating the role of fire in vegetation turnover at 5300 (mesophilous forests replaced by sclerophyllous scrubs) and at 3200 calibrated before present (cal. BP) (more xerophytics). Cereal cultivation was apparent from the beginning of the record, during the Mid-Neolithic period. From 5300 to 3800 cal. BP, long-lasting soil erosion was associated with the presence of cereals, indicating intense land-use during the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age periods. The decline of the agriculture signal and vegetal recolonization is likely explained by land abandonment during the Final Bronze Age. Anthropogenic markers reappeared during the Iberian period when more settlements were present. A contingency of human and environmental agencies was found at 5900, 4200, and 2800 cal. BP, coinciding with abrupt climate events, that have manifested locally in reduced spring discharge, an absence of agropastoral evidence, and a marked decline in settlement densities. This case study, covering five millennia and three climate events, highlights how past climate changes have affected human activities, and also shows that people repeatedly reoccupied the coast once the perturbation was gone. The littoral zone remained attractive for prehistoric communities despite the costs of living in an area exposed to climatic hazards, such as droughts. DA - 2020/07/07/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.3390/quat3030019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 3 IS - 3 SP - 19 J2 - Quaternary LA - en SN - 2571-550X UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/3/3/19 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:55:11 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/3/3/19/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene land cover and population dynamics in Southern France AU - Berger, Jean-François AU - Shennan, Stephen AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Mazier, Florence AU - Nuninger, Laure AU - Guillon, Sebastien AU - Doyen, Elise AU - Begeot, Carole AU - Andrieu-Ponel, Valérie AU - Azuara, Julien AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Fyfe, Ralph AU - Roberts, C Neil T2 - The Holocene AB - This paper describes long-term changes in human population and vegetation cover in southern France, using summed radiocarbon probability distributions and site count data as population proxies and information from fossil pollen cores as a proxy for past land cover. Southern France is particularly well-suited to this type of study as a result of previous programmes of intensive survey work and excavation in advance of large-scale construction. These make it possible to calibrate the larger scale occupation patterns in the light of the visibility issues created by the burial of archaeological sites beneath alluvial sediments. For purposes of analysis, the region was divided into three biogeographical zones (BGZ), going from the Mediterranean coast to the middle Rhône valley (MRV). All the different population proxies in a given zone show broadly similar patterns of fluctuation, though with varying levels of resolution. The long-term patterns in the different zones all show significant differences from the overall regional pattern, but this is especially the case for the non-Mediterranean middle Rhône area. Cluster analysis of pollen samples has been carried out to identify the main regional land cover types through the Holocene, which are increasingly dominated by open types over time. A variety of other pollen indicators show evidence of increasing human impact through time. Measures of human impact correlate strongly with the population proxies. A series of thresholds are identified in the population–human impact trajectory that are related to other changes in the cultural sequence. The lack of independent climate data for the region means that its impact cannot currently be assessed with confidence. However, for the later periods, it is clear that the incorporation of southern France into larger regional systems played a major role in accounting for changes in land cover and settlement. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826698 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 776 EP - 798 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826698 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:58:50 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01860670/file/Berger%20et%20al%20The%20Holocene%202019.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human adaptation to changing coastal landscapes in the Eastern Adriatic: Evidence from Vela Spila cave, Croatia AU - Dean, Silas AU - Pappalardo, Marta AU - Boschian, Giovanni AU - Spada, Giorgio AU - Forenbaher, Stašo AU - Juračić, Mladen AU - Felja, Igor AU - Radić, Dinko AU - Miracle, Preston T. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2020/09// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106503 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 244 SP - 106503 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Human adaptation to changing coastal landscapes in the Eastern Adriatic UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379120304650 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:58:33 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Beyond megadrought and collapse in the Northern Levant: The chronology of Tell Tayinat and two historical inflection episodes, around 4.2ka BP, and following 3.2ka BP AU - Manning, Sturt W. AU - Lorentzen, Brita AU - Welton, Lynn AU - Batiuk, Stephen AU - Harrison, Timothy P. T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Petraglia, Michael D. DA - 2020/10/29/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0240799 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 IS - 10 SP - e0240799 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Beyond megadrought and collapse in the Northern Levant UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240799 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:58:25 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240799&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Middle Bronze Age humidity and temperature variations, and societal changes in East-Central Europe AU - Demény, A. AU - Kern, Z. AU - Czuppon, Gy AU - Németh, A. AU - Schöll-Barna, G. AU - Siklósy, Z. AU - Leél-Őssy, Sz AU - Cook, G. AU - Serlegi, G. AU - Bajnóczi, B. AU - Sümegi, P. AU - Király, Á. AU - Kiss, V. AU - Kulcsár, G. AU - Bondár, M. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2019/02// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.11.023 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 504 SP - 80 EP - 95 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618217309448 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:58:18 L1 - https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/155294/7/155294.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - A multi-proxy approach to understanding complex responses of salt-lake catchments to climate variability and human pressure: A Late Quaternary case study from south-eastern, Spain AU - Jones, Samantha Elsie AU - Burjachs, Francesc AU - Ferrer-García, Carlos AU - Giralt, Santiago AU - Schulte, Lothar AU - Fernández-López de Pablo, Javier T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.12.015 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 184 SP - 201 EP - 223 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - A multi-proxy approach to understanding complex responses of salt-lake catchments to climate variability and human pressure UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379117301075 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:58:07 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene regional population dynamics and climatic trends in the Near East: A first comparison using archaeo-demographic proxies AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Lawrence, Dan AU - de Gruchy, Michelle W. AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Shennan, Stephen T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2021/01// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106739 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 252 SP - 106739 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Holocene regional population dynamics and climatic trends in the Near East UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379120307010 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:57:47 L1 - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10118198/1/1-s2.0-S0277379120307010-main.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Eneolithic/Bronze Age Transition at Tegole di Bovino (Apulia): Geoarchaeological Evidence of Climate Change and Land-Use Shift AU - Mariani, Guido S. AU - Muntoni, Italo M. AU - Zerboni, Andrea T2 - Quaternary AB - Human communities at the transition between the Eneolithic period and the Bronze Age had to rapidly adapt to cultural and climatic changes, which influenced the whole Mediterranean. The exact dynamics involved in this crucial passage are still a matter of discussion. As newer studies have highlighted the key role of climatic fluctuations during this period, their relationship with the human occupation of the landscape are yet to be fully explored. We investigated the infilling of negative structures at the archaeological site of Tegole di Bovino (Apulia, Southern Italy) looking at evidence of the interaction between climate changes and human strategies. The archaeological sedimentary deposits, investigated though geoarchaeological and micromorphological techniques, show the presence of natural and anthropogenic infillings inside most structures. Both human intervention and/or natural events occurred in the last phases of occupation of the site and its subsequent abandonment. The transition to unfavorable climatic conditions in the same period was most likely involved in the abandonment of the site. The possible further impact of human communities on the landscape in that period, testified by multiple other archives, might have in turn had a role in the eventual change in land use. DA - 2020/05/16/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.3390/quat3020014 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 14 J2 - Quaternary LA - en SN - 2571-550X ST - The Eneolithic/Bronze Age Transition at Tegole di Bovino (Apulia) UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/3/2/14 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:57:35 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2571-550X/3/2/14/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Archaeology, historical ecology and anthropogenic island ecosystems AU - Braje, Todd J. AU - Leppard, Thomas P. AU - Fitzpatrick, Scott M. AU - Erlandson, Jon M. T2 - Environmental Conservation AB - SUMMARY In the face of environmental uncertainty due to anthropogenic climate change, islands are at the front lines of global change, threatened by sea level rise, habitat alteration, extinctions and declining biodiversity. Islands also stand at the forefront of scientific study for understanding the deep history of human ecodynamics and to build sustainable future systems. We summarize the long history of human interactions with Polynesian, Mediterranean, Californian and Caribbean island ecosystems, documenting the effects of various waves of human settlement and socioeconomic systems, from hunter–gatherer–fishers, to agriculturalists, to globalized colonial interests. We identify degradation of island environments resulting from human activities, as well as cases of human management of resources to enhance productivity and create more sustainable systems. These case studies suggest that within a general global pattern of progressive island degradation, there was no single trajectory of human impact, but rather complex effects based on variable island physiographies, human subsistence strategies, population densities, technologies, sociopolitical organization and decision-making. DA - 2017/09// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1017/S0376892917000261 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 44 IS - 3 SP - 286 EP - 297 J2 - Envir. Conserv. LA - en SN - 0376-8929, 1469-4387 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0376892917000261/type/journal_article Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:57:29 L1 - https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/43ABC05C1BC6F14D02C05DD85DFBD5E9/S0376892917000261a.pdf/div-class-title-archaeology-historical-ecology-and-anthropogenic-island-ecosystems-div.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The physical environment in Northern Greece at the advent of the Neolithic AU - Gkouma, Myrsini AU - Karkanas, Panagiotis T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.08.034 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 496 SP - 14 EP - 23 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S104061821630492X Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:57:22 ER - TY - JOUR TI - 20,000 years of societal vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in southwest Asia AU - Jones, Matthew D. AU - Abu‐Jaber, Nizar AU - AlShdaifat, Ahmad AU - Baird, Douglas AU - Cook, Benjamin I. AU - Cuthbert, Mark O. AU - Dean, Jonathan R. AU - Djamali, Morteza AU - Eastwood, Warren AU - Fleitmann, Dominik AU - Haywood, Alan AU - Kwiecien, Ola AU - Larsen, Joshua AU - Maher, Lisa A. AU - Metcalfe, Sarah E. AU - Parker, Adrian AU - Petrie, Cameron A. AU - Primmer, Nick AU - Richter, Tobias AU - Roberts, Neil AU - Roe, Joe AU - Tindall, Julia C. AU - Ünal‐İmer, Ezgi AU - Weeks, Lloyd T2 - WIREs Water DA - 2019/03// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1002/wat2.1330 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 6 IS - 2 J2 - WIREs Water LA - en SN - 2049-1948, 2049-1948 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1330 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:57:16 L1 - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1002/wat2.1330 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia: Early farming communities and the 9.2 and 8.2 ka events AU - Flohr, Pascal AU - Fleitmann, Dominik AU - Matthews, Roger AU - Matthews, Wendy AU - Black, Stuart T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.06.022 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 23 EP - 39 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115300317 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:57:10 L1 - https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/40539/1/Flohr%20et%20al%202015%20QSR%20preprint.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Environment, crops and harvesting strategies during the II millennium BC: Resilience and adaptation in socio-economic systems of Bronze Age communities in Apulia (SE Italy) AU - Primavera, M. AU - D'Oronzo, C. AU - Muntoni, I.M. AU - Radina, F. AU - Fiorentino, G. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/05// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.05.070 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 436 SP - 83 EP - 95 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Environment, crops and harvesting strategies during the II millennium BC UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S104061821500590X Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:57:02 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Radiocarbon dates, climatic events, and social dynamics during the Early Neolithic in Mediterranean Iberia AU - Aubán, Joan Bernabeu AU - García Puchol, Oreto AU - Barton, Michael AU - McClure, Sarah AU - Pardo Gordó, Salvador T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2016/06// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.09.020 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 403 SP - 201 EP - 210 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618215008885 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:56:55 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene-long record of flood frequency in the Southern Alps (Lake Iseo, Italy) under human and climate forcing AU - Rapuc, William AU - Sabatier, Pierre AU - Arnaud, Fabien AU - Palumbo, Antoine AU - Develle, Anne-Lise AU - Reyss, Jean-Louis AU - Augustin, Laurent AU - Régnier, Edouard AU - Piccin, Andrea AU - Chapron, Emmanuel AU - Dumoulin, Jean-Pascal AU - von Grafenstein, Ulrich T2 - Global and Planetary Change DA - 2019/04// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.02.010 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 175 SP - 160 EP - 172 J2 - Global and Planetary Change LA - en SN - 09218181 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S092181811830448X Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:56:41 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02125422/file/10.1016j.gloplacha.2019.02.010%282%29%20CHAPRON_cor.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Pollen-inferred regional vegetation patterns and demographic change in Southern Anatolia through the Holocene AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Roberts, C Neil AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Shennan, Stephen AU - Fyfe, Ralph AU - Eastwood, Warren J AU - Izdebski, Adam AU - Çakırlar, Canan AU - Woldring, Henk AU - Broothaerts, Nils AU - Kaniewski, David AU - Finné, Martin AU - Labuhn, Inga T2 - The Holocene AB - Southern Anatolia is a highly significant area within the Mediterranean, particularly in terms of understanding how agriculture moved into Europe from neighbouring regions. This study uses pollen, palaeoclimate and archaeological evidence to investigate the relationships between demography and vegetation change, and to explore how the development of agriculture varied spatially. Data from 21 fossil pollen records have been transformed into forested, parkland and open vegetation types using cluster analysis. Patterns of change have been explored using non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) and through analysis of indicator groups, such as an Anthropogenic Pollen Index, and Simpson’s Diversity. Settlement data, which indicate population densities, and summed radiocarbon dates for archaeological sites have been used as a proxy for demographic change. The pollen and archaeological records confirm that farming can be detected earlier in Anatolia in comparison with many other parts of the Mediterranean. Dynamics of change in grazing indicators and the OJCV ( Olea, Juglans, Castanea and Vitis) index for cultivated trees appear to match cycles of population expansion and decline. Vegetation and land use change is also influenced by other factors, such as climate change. Investigating the early impacts of anthropogenic activities (e.g. woodcutting, animal herding, the use of fire and agriculture) is key to understanding how societies have modified the environment since the mid–late Holocene, despite the capacity of ecological systems to absorb recurrent disturbances. The results of this study suggest that shifting human population dynamics played an important role in shaping land cover in central and southern Anatolia. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826635 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 728 EP - 741 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826635 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:56:33 L1 - https://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/53765003/Woodbridge_et_al_Pollen_inferred_regional_vegetation_The_Holocene_2018.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Millennial-scale cycles of aridity as a driver of human occupancy in central Spain? AU - Santisteban, Juan I. AU - Mediavilla, Rosa AU - Celis, Alberto AU - Castaño, Silvino AU - de la Losa, Almudena T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2016/07// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.02.021 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 407 SP - 96 EP - 109 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216001518 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:56:26 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Reaching the human scale: A spatial and temporal downscaling approach to the archaeological implications of paleoclimate data AU - Contreras, Daniel AU - Guiot, Joel AU - Suarez, Romain AU - Kirman, Alan T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science DA - 2018/05// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2018.02.013 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 93 SP - 54 EP - 67 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science LA - en SN - 03054403 ST - Reaching the human scale UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305440318300499 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:56:19 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01789786/file/Contrerasetal_JASC16-570R1_preprint.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia: Results from Summed Calibrated Date Analysis AU - Drake, B. Lee AU - Blanco-González, Antonio AU - Lillios, Katina T. T2 - Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory DA - 2017/09// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1007/s10816-016-9286-y DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 24 IS - 3 SP - 796 EP - 812 J2 - J Archaeol Method Theory LA - en SN - 1072-5369, 1573-7764 ST - Regional Demographic Dynamics in the Neolithic Transition in Iberia UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10816-016-9286-y Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:59:43 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Resilience and vulnerability to climate change in the Greek Dark Ages AU - Vidal-Cordasco, M. AU - Nuevo-López, A. T2 - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology DA - 2021/03// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.jaa.2020.101239 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 61 SP - 101239 J2 - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology LA - en SN - 02784165 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0278416520302129 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:59:38 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Evidence of a short-lived episode of olive ( Olea europaea L.) cultivation during the Early Bronze Age in western Mediterranean (southern Italy) AU - D’Auria, Alessia AU - Buonincontri, Mauro Paolo AU - Allevato, Emilia AU - Saracino, Antonio AU - Jung, Reinhard AU - Pacciarelli, Marco AU - Di Pasquale, Gaetano T2 - The Holocene AB - Anthracological analysis was carried out in the archaeological site of Punta di Zambrone on the Tyrrhenian coast of Calabria in southern Italy. Archaeological excavation documented at the site settlement deposits dated mainly to Early Bronze Age (EBA, 21st–18th century BC) and the Recent Bronze Age (RBA, 13th to early 12th century BC). In the phase of the EBA village, the high frequency of Olea europaea in the charcoal data suggests the tree may well have been cultivated by favouring the spread of the scant olive trees growing wild. Comparison with existing archaeobotanical data indicates that olive cultivation spread over a large portion of southern Italy from the EBA and the early Middle Bronze Age (MBA, 17th–15th century BC), thus calling into question the hypothesis of its first cultivation related to the interaction between Mycenaean Greece and local cultures in southern Italy. The early domestication event at Punta di Zambrone supports the idea of multiple independent primary events of olive domestication throughout the Mediterranean basin. In the following phase of the fortified settlement dated to the RBA, the frequency of olive charcoal diminished and the expansion of a more or less dense forest dominated by Quercus was judged to be a consequence of human depopulation that characterises the end of MBA and also a different land use of RBA. This forest increase, also recorded by other archaeobotanical proxies in the central and southern Italian peninsula, is found to be related to the diffusion in southern Calabria of the Subapennine culture, spreading from more northerly areas of Italy and bringing different economic systems and agronomic knowledge. These far-reaching changes appear to have brought to a halt the first event of olive cultivation recorded at Punta di Zambrone. DA - 2017/04// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1177/0959683616670218 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 605 EP - 612 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683616670218 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:59:31 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Vegetation record of the last three millennia in central Anatolia: Archaeological and palaeoclimatic insights from Mogan Lake (Ankara, Turkey) AU - Dönmez, Emel Oybak AU - Ocakoğlu, Faruk AU - Akbulut, Aydın AU - Tunoğlu, Cemal AU - Gümüş, Burçin Aşkım AU - Tuncer, Alaettin AU - Görüm, Tolga AU - Tün, Muammer T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2021/06// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106973 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 262 SP - 106973 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Vegetation record of the last three millennia in central Anatolia UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379121001803 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:59:15 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Phytolith analyses from Khil and Kaf Taht el-Ghar (Western Maghreb): Plant use trajectories in a long-term perspective AU - Lancelotti, Carla AU - Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M. AU - Carlos Vera Rodríguez, Juan AU - Pérez-Jordà, Guillem AU - Peña-Chocarro, Leonor AU - Biagetti, Stefano AU - Madella, Marco T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2021/06// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102921 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 37 SP - 102921 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X ST - Phytolith analyses from Khil and Kaf Taht el-Ghar (Western Maghreb) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X21001334 Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:59:08 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Egypt's Nile Delta in Late 4000 Years BP: Altered Flood Levels and Sedimentation, with Archaeological Implications AU - Stanley, Jean-Daniel T2 - Journal of Coastal Research DA - 2019/06/24/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00027.1 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 35 IS - 5 SP - 1036 J2 - Journal of Coastal Research SN - 0749-0208 ST - Egypt's Nile Delta in Late 4000 Years BP UR - https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-coastal-research/volume-35/issue-5/JCOASTRES-D-19-00027.1/Egypts-Nile-Delta-in-Late-4000-Years-BP--Altered/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00027.1.full Y2 - 2021/10/26/11:58:59 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The hydrogeological and paleoclimatic factors in the Bronze Age Motillas Culture of La Mancha (Spain): the first hydraulic culture in Europe AU - Enrich, Luis Benítez de Lugo AU - Mejías, Miguel T2 - Hydrogeology Journal DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1007/s10040-017-1607-z DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 25 IS - 7 SP - 1931 EP - 1950 J2 - Hydrogeol J LA - en SN - 1431-2174, 1435-0157 ST - The hydrogeological and paleoclimatic factors in the Bronze Age Motillas Culture of La Mancha (Spain) UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10040-017-1607-z Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:02:25 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene evolution of Lake Shkodra: Multidisciplinary evidence for diachronic landscape change in northern Albania AU - Mazzini, Ilaria AU - Gliozzi, Elsa AU - Galaty, Michael AU - Bejko, Lorenc AU - Sadori, Laura AU - Soulié-Märsche, Ingeborg AU - Koçi, Rexhep AU - Van Welden, Aurelien AU - Bushati, Salvatore T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.01.006 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 85 EP - 95 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Holocene evolution of Lake Shkodra UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379116300087 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:02:17 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Coastal landscape evolution of Corsica island (W. Mediterranean): palaeoenvironments, vegetation history and human impacts since the early Neolithic period AU - Revelles, J. AU - Ghilardi, M. AU - Rossi, V. AU - Currás, A. AU - López-Bultó, O. AU - Brkojewitsch, G. AU - Vacchi, M. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/12// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105993 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 225 SP - 105993 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Coastal landscape evolution of Corsica island (W. Mediterranean) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379119305517 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:02:12 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate changes and human impact on the Mistras coastal barrier system (W Sardinia, Italy) AU - Pascucci, V. AU - De Falco, G. AU - Del Vais, C. AU - Sanna, I. AU - Melis, R.T. AU - Andreucci, S. T2 - Marine Geology DA - 2018/01// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.margeo.2017.11.002 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 395 SP - 271 EP - 284 J2 - Marine Geology LA - en SN - 00253227 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025322717302372 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:02:00 ER - TY - JOUR TI - An 8300-yr record of environmental and cultural changes in the Sant’Eufemia Plain (Calabria, Italy) AU - Ermolli, Elda Russo AU - Ruello, Maria Rosaria AU - Cicala, Luigi AU - Di Lorenzo, Halinka AU - Molisso, Flavia AU - Pacciarelli, Marco T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2018/07// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.01.033 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 483 SP - 39 EP - 56 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618217306961 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:47 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Timber exploitation during the 5th–3rd millennia BCE at Arslantepe (Malatya, Turkey): environmental constraints and cultural choices AU - Masi, Alessia AU - Balossi Restelli, Francesca AU - Sabato, Diego AU - Vignola, Cristiano AU - Sadori, Laura T2 - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s12520-017-0499-0 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 10 IS - 2 SP - 465 EP - 483 J2 - Archaeol Anthropol Sci LA - en SN - 1866-9557, 1866-9565 ST - Timber exploitation during the 5th–3rd millennia BCE at Arslantepe (Malatya, Turkey) UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12520-017-0499-0 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:38 ER - TY - JOUR TI - 20,000 years of interactions between climate, vegetation and land use in Northern Greece AU - Gassner, Sylvia AU - Gobet, Erika AU - Schwörer, Christoph AU - van Leeuwen, Jacqueline AU - Vogel, Hendrik AU - Giagkoulis, Tryfon AU - Makri, Stamatina AU - Grosjean, Martin AU - Panajiotidis, Sampson AU - Hafner, Albert AU - Tinner, Willy T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2020/01// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1007/s00334-019-00734-5 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 75 EP - 90 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-019-00734-5 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:31 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Early Bronze Age/Middle Bronze Age transition and the aquifer geography in the Near East AU - Pustovoytov, Konstantin AU - Riehl, Simone T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science DA - 2016/05// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2016.02.005 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 69 SP - 1 EP - 11 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science LA - en SN - 03054403 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S030544031600042X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:25 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Archaeobotanical and Historical Insights on Some Steps of Forest Cover Disruption at Ustica Island (Sicily, Italy) from Prehistory Until Present day AU - Speciale, Claudia AU - Larosa, Nunzia AU - Spatafora, Francesca AU - Calascibetta, Alba Maria Gabriella AU - Sansebastiano, Gian Pietro Di AU - Battaglia, Giuseppina AU - Pasta, Salvatore T2 - Environmental Archaeology DA - 2021/08/20/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1080/14614103.2021.1962578 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) SP - 1 EP - 16 J2 - Environmental Archaeology LA - en SN - 1461-4103, 1749-6314 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14614103.2021.1962578 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:19 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate and human–environment relationships on the edge of the Tenaghi-Philippon marsh (Northern Greece) during the Neolithization process AU - Glais, Arthur AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio AU - Lespez, Laurent AU - Davidson, Robert T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2016/06// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.07.032 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 403 SP - 237 EP - 250 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618215007089 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:13 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Organic geochemical characterization of Early-Mid-Holocene swamp deposits near the Neolithic settlement in Yenikapı-Istanbul: Assessment of environmental variability and anthropogenic impacts AU - Yalçın, Mehmet Namık AU - Wilkes, Heinz AU - Plessen, Birgit T2 - The Holocene AB - During the archaeological excavations in the Byzantine Theodosian harbor (Istanbul) a Holocene dark gray to black clay sequence was uncovered. This clay unit was deposited under anoxic conditions in a small swamp. Both wooden artifacts from the Neolithic period, but also dispersed organic matter were perfectly preserved within this sequence. The aim of this study was the assessment of environmental changes and anthropogenic impacts with the help of organic geochemical and isotopic characterization of organic matter in this clay unit. The age model, based on 14 C data, showed that the clay was deposited during a period about from 11,100 to 7500 cal. years BP. Hydrogen Index values lower than 100 mgHC/gTOC, n-alkane distributions with maxima at nC 29 or at nC 31 , a predominance of long-chain n-alkanes (C 25 –C 33 ) and δ 13 C org values around −24‰ to −27‰ suggest a predominantly terrestrial origin of organic matter from C 3 plants. Obvious excursions of bulk δ 13 C org and compound-specific δ 13 C and δD values of nC 27 , nC 29 , nC 31 , and nC 33 are interpreted as indicators of changes in environmental and climatic conditions. Several shifts toward colder and warmer climatic conditions were identified and dated. Furthermore, two sudden changes in the hydrological regime were dated to 9000–8820 cal. years BP and to 8150–8050 cal. years BP toward wetter and drier conditions, respectively. Specific molecular organic geochemical indicators such as faecal sterols or a strong enrichment of δ 15 N caused by human impact could not be detected. Therefore, the swamp should not have been intensively affected by Neolithic people and/or respective indicators of their influence have been diluted due to the high sedimentation rate. DA - 2021/12// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1177/09596836211033197 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 31 IS - 11-12 SP - 1690 EP - 1704 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Organic geochemical characterization of Early-Mid-Holocene swamp deposits near the Neolithic settlement in Yenikapı-Istanbul UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09596836211033197 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:07 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees: An interdisciplinary approach AU - García-Ruiz, José M. AU - Tomás-Faci, Guillermo AU - Diarte-Blasco, Pilar AU - Montes, Lourdes AU - Domingo, Rafael AU - Sebastián, María AU - Lasanta, Teodoro AU - González-Sampériz, Penélope AU - López-Moreno, Juan I. AU - Arnáez, José AU - Beguería, Santiago T2 - CATENA DA - 2020/12// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.catena.2020.104744 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 195 SP - 104744 J2 - CATENA LA - en SN - 03418162 ST - Transhumance and long-term deforestation in the subalpine belt of the central Spanish Pyrenees UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816220302940 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:01:00 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Late Holocene human-induced landscape changes in Calcareous Tufa environments in Central Mediterranean valleys (Pecora river, Southern Tuscany, Italy) AU - Pieruccini, Pierluigi AU - Susini, Davide AU - Buonincontri, Mauro Paolo AU - Bianchi, Giovanna AU - Hodges, Richard AU - Lubritto, Carmine AU - Di Pasquale, Gaetano T2 - Geomorphology DA - 2021/06// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107691 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 383 SP - 107691 J2 - Geomorphology LA - en SN - 0169555X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169555X21000994 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:00:53 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Landscape transformations at the dawn of agriculture in southern Syria (10.7–9.9 ka cal. BP): Plant-specific responses to the impact of human activities and climate change AU - Arranz-Otaegui, Amaia AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio AU - Araus, José Luis AU - Portillo, Marta AU - Balbo, Andrea AU - Iriarte, Eneko AU - Gourichon, Lionel AU - Braemer, Frank AU - Zapata, Lydia AU - Ibáñez, Juan José T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2017/02// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.01.001 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 158 SP - 145 EP - 163 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Landscape transformations at the dawn of agriculture in southern Syria (10.7–9.9 ka cal. BP) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S027737911730001X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:00:46 L1 - https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/69058/1/Arranz-Otaegui%20et%20al_2017.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Landscape dynamics and human impact on high-mountain woodlands in the western Spanish Central System during the last three millennia AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio AU - Abel-Schaad, Daniel AU - Robles-López, Sandra AU - Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián AU - Alba-Sánchez, Francisca AU - Nieto-Lugilde, Diego T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2016/10// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.07.027 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 9 SP - 203 EP - 218 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16304291 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:03:11 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Cultural, Demographic and Environmental Dynamics of the Copper and Early Bronze Age in Iberia (3300–1500 BC): Towards an Interregional Multiproxy Comparison at the Time of the 4.2 ky BP Event AU - Blanco-González, A. AU - Lillios, K. T. AU - López-Sáez, J. A. AU - Drake, B. L. T2 - Journal of World Prehistory DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s10963-018-9113-3 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 31 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 79 J2 - J World Prehist LA - en SN - 0892-7537, 1573-7802 ST - Cultural, Demographic and Environmental Dynamics of the Copper and Early Bronze Age in Iberia (3300–1500 BC) UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10963-018-9113-3 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:03:04 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Modelling the mid-late Holocene evolution of the Huelva Estuary and its human colonization, South-Western Spain AU - Cáceres, Luis M. AU - Gómez, Paula AU - González-Regalado, María L. AU - Clemente, María J. AU - Rodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín AU - Toscano, Antonio AU - Monge, Guadalupe AU - Abad, Manuel AU - Izquierdo, Tatiana AU - Monge Soares, Antonio M. AU - Ruiz, Francisco AU - Campos, Juan M. AU - Bermejo, Javier AU - Martínez-Aguirre, Aranzazu AU - López, Gloria I. T2 - Marine Geology DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.margeo.2018.08.008 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 406 SP - 12 EP - 26 J2 - Marine Geology LA - en SN - 00253227 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S002532271830149X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:02:56 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mid-late Holocene environmental and cultural dynamics at the south-west tip of Europe (Doñana National Park, SW Iberia, Spain) AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio AU - Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián AU - Rodríguez-Ramírez, Antonio AU - Blanco-González, Antonio AU - Villarías-Robles, Juan J.R. AU - Luelmo-Lautenschlaeger, Reyes AU - Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo AU - Celestino-Pérez, Sebastián AU - Cerrillo-Cuenca, Enrique AU - Pérez-Asensio, José N. AU - León, Ángel T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.09.014 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 22 SP - 58 EP - 78 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X18302591 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:02:49 L1 - https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/172847/4/Mid-late%20Holocene.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - A unique Pyrenean varved record provides a detailed reconstruction of Mediterranean vegetation and land-use dynamics over the last three millennia AU - Rull, Valentí AU - Vegas-Vilarrúbia, Teresa AU - Corella, Juan Pablo AU - Trapote, Mari C. AU - Montoya, Encarni AU - Valero-Garcés, Blas T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107128 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 268 SP - 107128 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379121003358 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:06:28 L1 - https://osf.io/24dmx/download ER - TY - JOUR TI - Landscapes, climate and choice: Examining patterns in animal provisioning across the Near East c. 13,000-0 BCE AU - Gaastra, J.S. AU - Welton, L. AU - de Gruchy, M. AU - Lawrence, D. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2021.03.045 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 595 SP - 54 EP - 87 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Landscapes, climate and choice UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618221002159 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:06:16 ER - TY - JOUR TI - 8,000 years of climate, vegetation, fire and land-use dynamics in the thermo-mediterranean vegetation belt of northern Sardinia (Italy) AU - Pedrotta, Tiziana AU - Gobet, Erika AU - Schwörer, Christoph AU - Beffa, Giorgia AU - Butz, Christoph AU - Henne, Paul D. AU - Morales-Molino, César AU - Pasta, Salvatore AU - van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F. N. AU - Vogel, Hendrik AU - Zwimpfer, Elias AU - Anselmetti, Flavio S. AU - Grosjean, Martin AU - Tinner, Willy T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany AB - Abstract Knowledge about the vegetation history of Sardinia, the second largest island of the Mediterranean, is scanty. Here, we present a new sedimentary record covering the past ~ 8,000 years from Lago di Baratz, north-west Sardinia. Vegetation and fire history are reconstructed by pollen, spores, macrofossils and charcoal analyses and environmental dynamics by high-resolution element geochemistry together with pigment analyses. During the period 8,100–7,500 cal bp , when seasonality was high and fire and erosion were frequent, Erica arborea and E. scoparia woodlands dominated the coastal landscape. Subsequently, between 7,500 and 5,500 cal bp , seasonality gradually declined and thermo-mediterranean woodlands with Pistacia and Quercus ilex partially replaced Erica communities under diminished incidence of fire. After 5,500 cal bp , evergreen oak forests expanded markedly, erosion declined and lake levels increased, likely in response to increasing (summer) moisture availability. Increased anthropogenic fire disturbance triggered shrubland expansions (e.g. Tamarix and Pistacia ) around 5,000–4,500 cal bp . Subsequently around 4,000–3,500 cal bp evergreen oak-olive forests expanded massively when fire activity declined and lake productivity and anoxia reached Holocene maxima. Land-use activities during the past 4,000 years (since the Bronze Age) gradually disrupted coastal forests, but relict stands persisted under rather stable environmental conditions until ca. 200 cal bp , when agricultural activities intensified and Pinus and Eucalyptus were planted to stabilize the sand dunes. Pervasive prehistoric land-use activities since at least the Bronze Age Nuraghi period included the cultivation of Prunus , Olea europaea and Juglans regia after 3,500–3,300 cal bp , and Quercus suber after 2,500 cal bp . We conclude that restoring less flammable native Q. ilex and O. europaea forest communities would markedly reduce fire risk and erodibility compared to recent forest plantations with flammable non-native trees (e.g. Pinus , Eucalyptus ) and xerophytic shrubland (e.g. Cistus , Erica ). DA - 2021/11// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1007/s00334-021-00832-3 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 30 IS - 6 SP - 789 EP - 813 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-021-00832-3 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:06:10 L1 - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00334-021-00832-3.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The 4.2 ka event in the vegetation record of the central Mediterranean AU - Di Rita, Federico AU - Magri, Donatella T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. In this paper, the variation in forest cover in the central Mediterranean region, reflected by percentage changes in the arboreal pollen record, has been examined in relation to the 4.2 ka event. A total of 36 well-dated and detailed pollen records from latitudes between 45 and 36∘ N were selected and their vegetation dynamics between 5 and 3 ka examined in relation to the physiographic and climatic features of the study area and to the influence of human activity on past vegetation, as suggested by anthropogenic pollen indicators. We have found that the sites located between 43 and 45∘ N do not show any significant vegetation change in correspondence with the 4.2 ka event. Several sites located on the Italian Peninsula between 39 and 43∘ N show a marked opening of the forest, suggesting a vegetation response to the climate instability of the 4.2 ka event. Between 36 and 39∘ N, a forest decline is always visible around 4.2 ka, and in some cases it is dramatic. This indicates that this region was severely affected by a climate change towards arid conditions that lasted a few hundred years and was followed by a recovery of forest vegetation in the Middle Bronze Age. Human activity, especially intense in southern Italy, may have been favored by this natural opening of vegetation. In Sardinia and Corsica, no clear change in vegetation is observed at the same time. We suggest that during the 4.2 ka event southern Italy and Tunisia were under the prevalent influence of a north African climate system characterized by a persistent high-pressure cell. DA - 2019/02/07/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.5194/cp-15-237-2019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 IS - 1 SP - 237 EP - 251 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/15/237/2019/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:06:04 L1 - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/15/237/2019/cp-15-237-2019.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - 8000 years of coastal changes on a western Mediterranean island: A multiproxy approach from the Posada plain of Sardinia AU - Melis, Rita T. AU - Di Rita, Federico AU - French, Charles AU - Marriner, Nick AU - Montis, Francesca AU - Serreli, Giovanni AU - Sulas, Federica AU - Vacchi, Matteo T2 - Marine Geology DA - 2018/09// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.margeo.2018.05.004 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 403 SP - 93 EP - 108 J2 - Marine Geology LA - en SN - 00253227 ST - 8000 years of coastal changes on a western Mediterranean island UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0025322717305327 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:52 L1 - https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/bitstream/1810/280402/1/Posada%20Marine%20Geol.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human management and landscape changes at Palaikastro (Eastern Crete) from the Late Neolithic to the Early Minoan period AU - Cañellas-Boltà, N. AU - Riera-Mora, S. AU - Orengo, H.A. AU - Livarda, A. AU - Knappett, C. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.01.010 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 183 SP - 59 EP - 75 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379117308624 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:41 L1 - http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/bitstream/2445/134937/1/679033.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene vegetation and fire history of the mountains of Northern Sicily (Italy) AU - Tinner, Willy AU - Vescovi, Elisa AU - van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F. N. AU - Colombaroli, Daniele AU - Henne, Paul D. AU - Kaltenrieder, Petra AU - Morales-Molino, César AU - Beffa, Giorgia AU - Gnaegi, Bettina AU - van der Knaap, W. O. AU - La Mantia, Tommaso AU - Pasta, Salvatore T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2016/09// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1007/s00334-016-0569-8 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 499 EP - 519 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-016-0569-8 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:36 L1 - https://doc.rero.ch/record/278431/files/pas_hvf.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Spatial patterns of temperature, precipitation, and settlement dynamics on the Iberian Peninsula during the Chalcolithic and the Bronze Age AU - Schirrmacher, Julien AU - Kneisel, Jutta AU - Knitter, Daniel AU - Hamer, Wolfgang AU - Hinz, Martin AU - Schneider, Ralph R. AU - Weinelt, Mara T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2020/04// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106220 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 233 SP - 106220 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379119310182 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:31 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mid- to late-Holocene coastal vegetation patterns in Northern Levant (Tell Sukas, Syria): Olive tree cultivation history and climatic change AU - Sorrel, Philippe AU - Mathis, Marie T2 - The Holocene AB - A detailed, high-resolution, pollen record conducted on Holocene sediments from Tell Sukas provides an advanced picture of landscape evolution and vegetation dynamics between 6000 and 2600 cal. BP (ca. 4050–650 BCE) in coastal Syria (core TSII). We report a prominent and abrupt increase in Olea pollen content and a coeval decrease in other arboreal essences at 4600 cal. BP, reflecting an intensification of olive horticulture in coastal Syria which is probably contemporaneous with the development of olive oil production in Northern Levant and an increased influence of human activities on vegetation dynamics. Highest abundances of Olea pollen (up to 60%) occurred between ca. 3900 and 3600 cal. BP at Tell Sukas, suggesting that the region became an important olive oil producer. However, the 4200 cal. BP increase in regional dryness widely reported in the Eastern Mediterranean coincides only with a slight decline in olive exploitation in Northern Levant, suggesting that milder conditions prevailed in coastal Syria. Conversely, the abrupt decline of Olea pollen abundances during 3400–3000 cal. BP along with increased values of semi-arid indicators and non-palatable herbs implies a significant drier climate, in accordance with other studies from the Levantine region. This is concurrent with the period of turmoil and crisis characterizing the end of the late Bronze Age and the transition to the Iron Age in the Eastern Mediterranean. DA - 2016/06// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1177/0959683615622555 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 26 IS - 6 SP - 858 EP - 873 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Mid- to late-Holocene coastal vegetation patterns in Northern Levant (Tell Sukas, Syria) UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683615622555 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:25 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Effects of historical land-use change in the Mediterranean environment AU - Ruiz, Itxaso AU - Sanz-Sánchez, María José T2 - Science of The Total Environment DA - 2020/08// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139315 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 732 SP - 139315 J2 - Science of The Total Environment LA - en SN - 00489697 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969720328321 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:19 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Late Bronze Age climate change and the destruction of the Mycenaean Palace of Nestor at Pylos AU - Finné, Martin AU - Holmgren, Karin AU - Shen, Chuan-Chou AU - Hu, Hsun-Ming AU - Boyd, Meighan AU - Stocker, Sharon T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Hart, John P. DA - 2017/12/27/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0189447 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 12 SP - e0189447 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0189447 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:14 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0189447&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene coastal environmental changes and human occupation of the lower Hérault River, southern France AU - Devillers, B. AU - Bony, G. AU - Degeai, J.-P. AU - Gascò, J. AU - Lachenal, T. AU - Bruneton, H. AU - Yung, F. AU - Oueslati, H. AU - Thierry, A. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/10// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.105912 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 222 SP - 105912 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S027737911930616X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:08 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mid-late Holocene climate, demography, and cultural dynamics in Iberia: A multi-proxy approach AU - Lillios, Katina T. AU - Blanco-González, Antonio AU - Drake, Brandon Lee AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.01.011 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 135 SP - 138 EP - 153 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Mid-late Holocene climate, demography, and cultural dynamics in Iberia UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379116300130 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:05:02 L1 - https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/223533/1/Mid-late%20holocene%20climate.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Comparative modeling of Bronze Age land use in the Malatya Plain (Turkey) AU - Arıkan, Bülent AU - Restelli, Francesca Balossi AU - Masi, Alessia T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.013 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 122 EP - 133 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115301943 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:04:54 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene demographic fluctuations, climate and erosion in the Mediterranean: A meta data-analysis AU - Walsh, Kevin AU - Berger, Jean-François AU - Roberts, C Neil AU - Vanniere, Boris AU - Ghilardi, Matthieu AU - Brown, Antony G AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Lespez, Laurent AU - Estrany, Joan AU - Glais, Arthur AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Finné, Martin AU - Verstraeten, Gert T2 - The Holocene AB - As part of the Changing the Face of the Mediterranean Project, we consider how human pressure and concomitant erosion has affected a range of Mediterranean landscapes between the Neolithic and, in some cases, the post-medieval period. Part of this assessment comprises an investigation of relationships among palaeodemographic data, evidence for vegetation change and some consideration of rapid climate change events. The erosion data include recent or hitherto unpublished work from the authors. Where possible, we consider summed probabilities of 14 C dates as well as the first published synthesis of all known optically stimulated luminescence dated sequences. The results suggest that while there were some periods when erosion took place contemporaneously across a number of regions, possibly induced by climate changes, more often than not, we see a complex and heterogeneous interplay of demographic and environmental changes that result in a mixed pattern of erosional activity across the Mediterranean. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826637 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 864 EP - 885 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Holocene demographic fluctuations, climate and erosion in the Mediterranean UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826637 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:04:45 L1 - https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/142588/1/WalshetalRevisedTrRemoved.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Paleoclimate, Geology, Geomorphology, and Middle Holocene Settlement Systems in the Delice Valley of North-Central Anatolia AU - Arıkan, Bülent AU - Yıldırım, Tayfun T2 - Journal of Field Archaeology DA - 2018/11/17/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.1080/00934690.2018.1535161 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 43 IS - 8 SP - 570 EP - 590 J2 - Journal of Field Archaeology LA - en SN - 0093-4690, 2042-4582 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00934690.2018.1535161 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:04:40 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Olive groves around the lake. A ten-thousand-year history of a Cretan landscape (Greece) reveals the dominant role of humans in making this Mediterranean ecosystem AU - Jouffroy-Bapicot, Isabelle AU - Pedrotta, Tiziana AU - Debret, Maxime AU - Field, Sophie AU - Sulpizio, Roberto AU - Zanchetta, Giovanni AU - Sabatier, Pierre AU - Roberts, Neil AU - Tinner, Willy AU - Walsh, Kevin AU - Vannière, Boris T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107072 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 267 SP - 107072 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379121002791 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:10:19 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Interactions between climate change and human activities during the early tomid-Holocene in the eastern Mediterranean basins AU - Berger, Jean-Francois AU - Lespez, Laurent AU - Kuzucuoğlu, Catherine AU - Glais, Arthur AU - Hourani, Fuad AU - Barra, Adrien AU - Guilaine, Jean T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. This paper focuses on early Holocene rapid climate change (RCC) records in the Mediterranean zone, which are under-represented in continental archives (9.2 to 8.2 ka events) and on their impact on prehistoric societies. This lack of data handicaps the general interpretation of climate impacts on human societies, which flourished in recent years. Key questions remain about the impact of early Holocene cooling events on the Mediterranean climate, ecosystems and human societies. In this paper, we discuss some examples from river and lake systems from the eastern to central Mediterranean area (central Anatolia, Cyprus, northeastern and northwestern Greece) that illustrate some palaeohydrological and erosion variations that modified the sustainability of the first Neolithic populations in this region. Results allow us to present direct land–sea correlations and to reconstruct regional long-term trends as well as millennial- to centennial-scale climatic changes. In this context, we question the socio-economic and geographical adaptation capacities of these societies (mobility, technology, economic practices, social organisation) during the “early Holocene” interval (11.7 to 8.2 ka), which corresponds partly to the Sapropel 1 deposition in the eastern Mediterranean sea. DA - 2016/09/12/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.5194/cp-12-1847-2016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 9 SP - 1847 EP - 1877 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/12/1847/2016/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:10:01 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/12/1847/2016/cp-12-1847-2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The spatial pattern of climate change during the spread of farming into the Aegean AU - Gauthier, Nicolas T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science DA - 2016/11// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2016.09.004 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 75 SP - 1 EP - 9 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science LA - en SN - 03054403 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305440316301339 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:09:54 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human-environment interaction during the Mesolithic- Neolithic transition in the NE Iberian Peninsula. Vegetation history, climate change and human impact during the Early-Middle Holocene in the Eastern Pre-Pyrenees AU - Revelles, J. AU - Burjachs, F. AU - Palomo, A. AU - Piqué, R. AU - Iriarte, E. AU - Pérez-Obiol, R. AU - Terradas, X. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.08.025 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 184 SP - 183 EP - 200 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379117302810 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:09:49 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Humans take control of fire-driven diversity changes in Mediterranean Iberia’s vegetation during the mid–late Holocene AU - Connor, Simon E AU - Vannière, Boris AU - Colombaroli, Daniele AU - Anderson, R Scott AU - Carrión, José S AU - Ejarque, Ana AU - Gil Romera, Graciela AU - González-Sampériz, Penélope AU - Hoefer, Dana AU - Morales-Molino, César AU - Revelles, Jordi AU - Schneider, Heike AU - van der Knaap, Willem O AU - van Leeuwen, Jacqueline FN AU - Woodbridge, Jessie T2 - The Holocene AB - Fire regime changes are considered a major threat to future biodiversity in the Mediterranean Basin. Such predictions remain uncertain, given that fire regime changes and their ecological impacts occur over timescales that are too long for direct observation. Here we analyse centennial- and millennial-scale shifts in fire regimes and compositional turnover to track the consequences of fire regime shifts on Mediterranean vegetation diversity. We estimated rate-of-change, richness and compositional turnover (beta diversity) in 13 selected high-resolution palaeoecological records from Mediterranean Iberia and compared these with charcoal-inferred fire regime changes. Event sequence analysis showed fire regime shifts to be significantly temporally associated with compositional turnover, particularly during the last three millennia. We find that the timing and direction of fire and diversity change in Mediterranean Iberia are best explained by long-term human–environment interactions dating back perhaps 7500 years. Evidence suggests that Neolithic burning propagated a first wave of increasing vegetation openness and promoted woodland diversity around early farming settlements. Landscape transformation intensified around 5500 to 5000 cal. yr BP and accelerated during the last two millennia, as fire led to permanent transitions in ecosystem state. These fire episodes increased open vegetation diversity, decreased woodland diversity and significantly altered richness on a regional scale. Our study suggests that anthropogenic fires played a primary role in diversity changes in Mediterranean Iberia. Their millennia-long legacy in today’s vegetation should be considered for biodiversity conservation and landscape management. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826652 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 886 EP - 901 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826652 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:09:43 L1 - https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/11343/220734/3/Connor%20et%20al%20Iberian%20fire%20diversity%20Holocene.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - From paleoclimate variables to prehistoric agriculture: Using a process-based agro-ecosystem model to simulate the impacts of Holocene climate change on potential agricultural productivity in Provence, France AU - Contreras, Daniel A. AU - Bondeau, Alberte AU - Guiot, Joël AU - Kirman, Alan AU - Hiriart, Eneko AU - Bernard, Loup AU - Suarez, Romain AU - Fader, Marianela T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2019/01// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.02.019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 501 SP - 303 EP - 316 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - From paleoclimate variables to prehistoric agriculture UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216313568 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:09:38 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01789787/file/Contrerasetal_QI_inpress_all.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Ancient runoff agriculture at Early Bronze Age Jawa (Jordan): Water availability, efficiency and food supply capacity AU - Meister, Julia AU - Rettig, Robert AU - Schütt, Brigitta T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.033 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 22 SP - 359 EP - 371 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X ST - Ancient runoff agriculture at Early Bronze Age Jawa (Jordan) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16302930 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:09:30 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Impacts of climate and humans on the vegetation in northwestern Turkey: palynological insights from Lake Iznik since the Last Glacial AU - Miebach, Andrea AU - Niestrath, Phoebe AU - Roeser, Patricia AU - Litt, Thomas T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. The Marmara region in northwestern Turkey provides a unique opportunity for studying the vegetation history in response to climate changes and anthropogenic impacts because of its location between different climate and vegetation zones and its long settlement history. Geochemical and mineralogical investigations of the largest lake in the region, Lake Iznik, already registered climate-related changes of the lake level and the lake mixing. However, a palynological investigation encompassing the Late Pleistocene to Middle Holocene was still missing. Here, we present the first pollen record of the last ca. 31 ka cal BP (calibrated kilo years before 1950) inferred from Lake Iznik sediments as an independent proxy for paleoecological reconstructions. Our study reveals that the vegetation in the Iznik area changed generally between (a) steppe during glacials and stadials indicating dry and cold climatic conditions, (b) forest-steppe during interstadials indicating milder and moister climatic conditions, and (c) oak-dominated mesic forest during interglacials indicating warm and moist climatic conditions. Moreover, a pronounced succession of pioneer trees, cold temperate, warm temperate, and Mediterranean trees appeared since the Lateglacial. Rapid climate changes, which are reflected by vegetation changes, can be correlated with Dansgaard-Oeschger (DO) events such as DO-4, DO-3, and DO-1, the Younger Dryas, and probably also the 8.2 event. Since the mid-Holocene, the vegetation was influenced by anthropogenic activities. During early settlement phases, the distinction between climate-induced and human-induced changes of the vegetation is challenging. Still, evidence for human activities consolidates since the Early Bronze Age (ca. 4.8 ka cal BP): cultivated trees, crops, and secondary human indicator taxa appeared, and forests were cleared. Subsequent fluctuations between extensive agricultural uses and regenerations of the natural vegetation become apparent. DA - 2016/03/01/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.5194/cp-12-575-2016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 2 SP - 575 EP - 593 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 ST - Impacts of climate and humans on the vegetation in northwestern Turkey UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/12/575/2016/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:09:24 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/12/575/2016/cp-12-575-2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - ‘All sunshine makes a desert’. Building interdisciplinary understanding of survival strategies of ancient communities in the arid Zerqa Triangle, Jordan Valley AU - Kaptijn, Eva AU - Ertsen, Maurits W. T2 - Journal of Arid Environments DA - 2019/04// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2018.11.006 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 163 SP - 114 EP - 126 J2 - Journal of Arid Environments LA - en SN - 01401963 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140196318319761 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:11:28 L1 - https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A5bdcf8d3-1e41-4764-83df-2d8723c60691/datastream/OBJ/download ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene landscape dynamics and long-term population trends in the Levant AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Roberts, C Neil AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Fyfe, Ralph AU - Shennan, Stephen AU - Cheddadi, Rachid AU - Greenberg, Raphael AU - Kaniewski, David AU - Langgut, Dafna AU - Leroy, Suzanne AG AU - Litt, Thomas AU - Miebach, Andrea T2 - The Holocene AB - This paper explores long-term trends in human population and vegetation change in the Levant from the early to the late Holocene in order to assess when and how human impact has shaped the region’s landscapes over the millennia. To do so, we employed multiple proxies and compared archaeological, pollen and palaeoclimate data within a multi-scalar approach in order to assess how Holocene landscape dynamics change at different geographical scales. We based our analysis on 14 fossil pollen sequences and applied a hierarchical agglomerative clustering and community classification in order to define groups of vegetation types (e.g. grassland, wetland, woodland, etc.). Human impact on the landscape has been assessed by the analysis of pollen indicator groups. Archaeological settlement data and Summed Probability Distribution (SPD) of radiocarbon dates have been used to reconstruct long-term demographic trends. In this study, for the first time, the evolution of the human population is estimated statistically and compared with environmental proxies for assessing the interplay of biotic and abiotic factors in shaping the Holocene landscapes in the Levant. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826642 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 708 EP - 727 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826642 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:11:23 L1 - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/10026.1/12578/1/Palmisano_etal_2018_accepted.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The end of the 3rd millennium BC in the Levant: new perspectives and old ideas AU - Kennedy, Melissa A. T2 - Levant DA - 2016/01/02/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.1080/00758914.2016.1143750 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 48 IS - 1 SP - 1 EP - 32 J2 - Levant LA - en SN - 0075-8914, 1756-3801 ST - The end of the 3rd millennium BC in the Levant UR - http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00758914.2016.1143750 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:11:15 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Paleofire Dynamics in Central Spain during the Late Holocene: The Role of Climatic and Anthropogenic Forcing: Paleofire Gredos Range AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio AU - Vargas, Grettel AU - Ruiz-Fernández, Jesús AU - Blarquez, Olivier AU - Alba-Sánchez, Francisca AU - Oliva, Marc AU - Pérez-Díaz, Sebastián AU - Robles-López, Sandra AU - Abel-Schaad, Daniel T2 - Land Degradation & Development DA - 2018/07// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1002/ldr.2751 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 7 SP - 2045 EP - 2059 J2 - Land Degrad Dev LA - en SN - 10853278 ST - Paleofire Dynamics in Central Spain during the Late Holocene UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ldr.2751 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:11:08 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Vegetation and geochemical responses to Holocene rapid climate change in the Sierra Nevada (southeastern Iberia): the Laguna Hondera record AU - Mesa-Fernández, Jose M. AU - Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo AU - Rodrigo-Gámiz, Marta AU - García-Alix, Antonio AU - Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco J. AU - Martínez-Ruiz, Francisca AU - Anderson, R. Scott AU - Camuera, Jon AU - Ramos-Román, María J. T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. High-altitude peat bogs and lacustrine records are very sensitive to climate changes and atmospheric dust input. Recent studies have shown a close relationship between regional climate aridity and enhanced eolian input to lake sediments. However, changes in regional-scale dust fluxes due to climate variability at short scales and how alpine environments were impacted by climatic- and human-induced environmental changes are not completely understood. Here we present a multi-proxy (palynological, geochemical and magnetic susceptibility) lake sediment record of climate variability in the Sierra Nevada (southeastern Iberian Peninsula) over the Holocene. Magnetic susceptibility and geochemical proxies obtained from the high mountain lake record of Laguna Hondera evidence humid conditions during the early Holocene, while a trend towards more arid conditions is recognized since ∼7000 cal yr BP, with enhanced Saharan eolian dust deposition until the present. This trend towards enhanced arid conditions was modulated by millennial-scale climate variability. Relative humid conditions occurred during the Iberian Roman Humid Period (2600–1450 cal yr BP) and predominantly arid conditions occurred during the Dark Ages and the Medieval Climate Anomaly (1450–650 cal yr BP). The Little Ice Age (650–150 cal yr BP) is characterized in the Laguna Hondera record by an increase in runoff and a minimum in eolian input. In addition, we further suggest that human impact in the area is noticed through the record of Olea cultivation, Pinus reforestation and Pb pollution during the Industrial Period (150 cal yr BP–present). Furthermore, we estimated that the correlation between Zr and Ca concentrations stands for Saharan dust input to the Sierra Nevada lake records. These assumptions support that present-day biochemical observations, pointing to eolian input as the main inorganic nutrient source for oligotrophic mountain lakes, are comparable to the past record of eolian supply to these high-altitude lakes. DA - 2018/11/12/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.5194/cp-14-1687-2018 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 11 SP - 1687 EP - 1706 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 ST - Vegetation and geochemical responses to Holocene rapid climate change in the Sierra Nevada (southeastern Iberia) UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/14/1687/2018/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:11:01 L1 - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/14/1687/2018/cp-14-1687-2018.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - A six thousand-year record of climate and land-use change from Mediterranean seagrass mats AU - López-Merino, Lourdes AU - Colás-Ruiz, Nieves R. AU - Adame, María F. AU - Serrano, Oscar AU - Martínez Cortizas, Antonio AU - Mateo, Miguel A. T2 - Journal of Ecology A2 - McGlone, Matt DA - 2017/09// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1111/1365-2745.12741 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 105 IS - 5 SP - 1267 EP - 1278 J2 - J Ecol LA - en SN - 00220477 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12741 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:10:55 L1 - https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1365-2745.12741 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene climate aridification trend and human impact interrupted by millennial- and centennial-scale climate fluctuations from a new sedimentary record from Padul (Sierra Nevada, southern Iberian Peninsula) AU - Ramos-Román, María J. AU - Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo AU - Camuera, Jon AU - García-Alix, Antonio AU - Anderson, R. Scott AU - Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco J. AU - Carrión, José S. T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. Holocene centennial-scale paleoenvironmental variability has been described in a multiproxy analysis (i.e., lithology, geochemistry, macrofossil, and microfossil analyses) of a paleoecological record from the Padul Basin in Sierra Nevada, southern Iberian Peninsula. This sequence covers a relevant time interval hitherto unreported in the studies of the Padul sedimentary sequence. The  ∼  4700-year record has preserved proxies of climate variability, with vegetation, lake levels, and sedimentological change during the Holocene in one of the most unique and southernmost wetlands in Europe. The progressive middle and late Holocene trend toward arid conditions identified by numerous authors in the western Mediterranean region, mostly related to a decrease in summer insolation, is also documented in this record; here it is also superimposed by centennial-scale variability in humidity. In turn, this record shows centennial-scale climate oscillations in temperature that correlate with well-known climatic events during the late Holocene in the western Mediterranean region, synchronous with variability in solar and atmospheric dynamics. The multiproxy Padul record first shows a transition from a relatively humid middle Holocene in the western Mediterranean region to more aridity from  ∼  4700 to  ∼  2800 cal yr BP. A relatively warm and humid period occurred between  ∼  2600 and  ∼  1600 cal yr BP, coinciding with persistent negative North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) conditions and the historic Iberian–Roman Humid Period. Enhanced arid conditions, co-occurring with overall positive NAO conditions and increasing solar activity, are observed between  ∼  1550 and  ∼  450 cal yr BP (∼  400 to  ∼  1400 CE) and colder and warmer conditions occurred during the Dark Ages and Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), respectively. Slightly wetter conditions took place during the end of the MCA and the first part of the Little Ice Age, which could be related to a change towards negative NAO conditions and minima in solar activity. Time series analysis performed from local (Botryococcus and total organic carbon) and regional (Mediterranean forest) signals helped us determining the relationship between southern Iberian climate evolution, atmospheric and oceanic dynamics, and solar activity. Our multiproxy record shows little evidence of human impact in the area until  ∼  1550 cal yr BP, when evidence of agriculture and livestock grazing occurs. Therefore, climate is the main forcing mechanism controlling environmental change in the area until relatively recently. DA - 2018/01/26/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.5194/cp-14-117-2018 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 1 SP - 117 EP - 137 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/14/117/2018/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:10:48 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/14/117/2018/cp-14-117-2018.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Extreme climate after massive eruption of Alaska’s Okmok volcano in 43 BCE and effects on the late Roman Republic and Ptolemaic Kingdom AU - McConnell, Joseph R. AU - Sigl, Michael AU - Plunkett, Gill AU - Burke, Andrea AU - Kim, Woon Mi AU - Raible, Christoph C. AU - Wilson, Andrew I. AU - Manning, Joseph G. AU - Ludlow, Francis AU - Chellman, Nathan J. AU - Innes, Helen M. AU - Yang, Zhen AU - Larsen, Jessica F. AU - Schaefer, Janet R. AU - Kipfstuhl, Sepp AU - Mojtabavi, Seyedhamidreza AU - Wilhelms, Frank AU - Opel, Thomas AU - Meyer, Hanno AU - Steffensen, Jørgen Peder T2 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences AB - The assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE triggered a power struggle that ultimately ended the Roman Republic and, eventually, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, leading to the rise of the Roman Empire. Climate proxies and written documents indicate that this struggle occurred during a period of unusually inclement weather, famine, and disease in the Mediterranean region; historians have previously speculated that a large volcanic eruption of unknown origin was the most likely cause. Here we show using well-dated volcanic fallout records in six Arctic ice cores that one of the largest volcanic eruptions of the past 2,500 y occurred in early 43 BCE, with distinct geochemistry of tephra deposited during the event identifying the Okmok volcano in Alaska as the source. Climate proxy records show that 43 and 42 BCE were among the coldest years of recent millennia in the Northern Hemisphere at the start of one of the coldest decades. Earth system modeling suggests that radiative forcing from this massive, high-latitude eruption led to pronounced changes in hydroclimate, including seasonal temperatures in specific Mediterranean regions as much as 7 °C below normal during the 2 y period following the eruption and unusually wet conditions. While it is difficult to establish direct causal linkages to thinly documented historical events, the wet and very cold conditions from this massive eruption on the opposite side of Earth probably resulted in crop failures, famine, and disease, exacerbating social unrest and contributing to political realignments throughout the Mediterranean region at this critical juncture of Western civilization. DA - 2020/07/07/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.1073/pnas.2002722117 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 117 IS - 27 SP - 15443 EP - 15449 J2 - Proc Natl Acad Sci USA LA - en SN - 0027-8424, 1091-6490 UR - http://www.pnas.org/lookup/doi/10.1073/pnas.2002722117 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:10:42 L1 - https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/117/27/15443.full.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate, sea level and culture in the Southeastern Mediterranean 20–4 ky BP AU - Ronen, Avraham AU - Almagor, Gideon T2 - L'Anthropologie DA - 2021/04// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.anthro.2021.102858 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 125 IS - 2 SP - 102858 J2 - L'Anthropologie LA - en SN - 00035521 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0003552121000261 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:10:36 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Göbekli Tepe: A Brief Description of the Environmental Development in the Surroundings of the UNESCO World Heritage Site AU - Knitter, Daniel AU - Braun, Ricarda AU - Clare, Lee AU - Nykamp, Moritz AU - Schütt, Brigitta T2 - Land AB - This contribution provides a first characterization of the environmental development for the surroundings of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Göbekli Tepe. We base our analyses on a literature review that covers the environmental components of prevailing bedrock and soils, model- and proxy-based climatic development, and vegetation. The spatio-temporal scales that are covered are mainly the Eastern Mediterranean region and the Late Quaternary—whereby special attention is given to available data from the close vicinity of Göbekli Tepe. Information on Late Quaternary geomorphodynamics is largely absent for the environs of Göbekli Tepe, we therefore included remote sensing data, different terrain modeling approaches and field-based geomorphological mapping to gain insights into past process dynamics. The findings indicate that the environmental conditions at Göbekli Tepe during its time of occupation differed significantly from today, showing denser vegetation and a wide spread sediment cover. Different hypotheses are developed that aim to guide future research on environmental changes and their variations during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene. These activities are crucial for a more profound understanding of the environment of the site, its potential perception by humans and therefore for the development of narratives on their landscape creation motives. DA - 2019/04/24/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.3390/land8040072 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 8 IS - 4 SP - 72 J2 - Land LA - en SN - 2073-445X ST - Göbekli Tepe UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/8/4/72 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:10:29 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/8/4/72/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The History of Pastoral Activities in S Italy Inferred from Palynology: A Long-Term Perspective to Support Biodiversity Awareness AU - Florenzano, Assunta T2 - Sustainability AB - The present-day Mediterranean landscape is a result of the long-term human–environment–climate interactions that have driven the ecological dynamics throughout the Holocene. Pastoralism had (and still has) an important role in shaping this landscape, and contributes to maintaining the mosaic patterns of the Mediterranean habitats. Palaeoecological records provide significant multi-proxy data on environmental changes during the Holocene that are linked to human activities. In such research, the palynological approach is especially useful for detailing the complexity of anthropogenically-driven landscape transformations by discriminating past land uses and pastoral/breeding activities. This paper focuses on the palynological evidence for the impact of centuries of grazing on the vegetation of Basilicata, a region of southern Italy where animal breeding and pastoralism have a long tradition. A set of 121 pollen samples from eight archaeological sites (dated from the 6th century BC to the 15th century AD) and five modern surface soil samples were analyzed. The joint record of pollen pasture indicators and spores of coprophilous fungi suggests that continuous and intense pastoral activities have been practiced in the territory and have highly influenced its landscape. The palaeoecological results of this study provide us with better knowledge of the diachronical transformations of the habitats that were exposed to continuous grazing, with a shift toward more open vegetation and increase of sclerophyllous shrubs. The palynological approach gives insights into the vocation and environmental sustainability of this southern Italy region on a long-term basis. DA - 2019/01/15/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.3390/su11020404 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 11 IS - 2 SP - 404 J2 - Sustainability LA - en SN - 2071-1050 ST - The History of Pastoral Activities in S Italy Inferred from Palynology UR - http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/2/404 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:16:37 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/2/404/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mediterranean wetlands: archaeology, ecology, and sustainability AU - Balbo, Andrea L. AU - Martinez‐Fernández, Julia AU - Esteve‐Selma, Miguel‐Angel T2 - WIREs Water DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1002/wat2.1238 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 4 IS - 6 J2 - WIREs Water LA - en SN - 2049-1948, 2049-1948 ST - Mediterranean wetlands UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wat2.1238 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:16:29 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human–climate interactions in the central Mediterranean region during the last millennia: The laminated record of Lake Butrint (Albania) AU - Morellón, Mario AU - Anselmetti, Flavio S. AU - Ariztegui, Daniel AU - Brushulli, Brunhilda AU - Sinopoli, Gaia AU - Wagner, Bernd AU - Sadori, Laura AU - Gilli, Adrian AU - Pambuku, Arben T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.043 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 134 EP - 152 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Human–climate interactions in the central Mediterranean region during the last millennia UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115301645 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:15:31 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Disaster Geoarchaeology and Natural Cataclysms in World Cultural Evolution: An Overview AU - Liritzis, Ioannis AU - Westra, Alexander AU - Miao, Changhong T2 - Journal of Coastal Research DA - 2019/10/31/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00035.1 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 35 IS - 6 SP - 1307 J2 - Journal of Coastal Research SN - 0749-0208 ST - Disaster Geoarchaeology and Natural Cataclysms in World Cultural Evolution UR - https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-coastal-research/volume-35/issue-6/JCOASTRES-D-19-00035.1/Disaster-Geoarchaeology-and-Natural-Cataclysms-in-World-Cultural-Evolution/10.2112/JCOASTRES-D-19-00035.1.full Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:15:25 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Complexity of diatom response to Lateglacial and Holocene climate and environmental change in ancient, deep and oligotrophic Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania) AU - Zhang, X. S. AU - Reed, J. M. AU - Lacey, J. H. AU - Francke, A. AU - Leng, M. J. AU - Levkov, Z. AU - Wagner, B. T2 - Biogeosciences AB - Abstract. Lake Ohrid (Macedonia and Albania) is a rare example of a deep, ancient Mediterranean lake and is a key site for palaeoclimate research in the northeastern Mediterranean region. This study conducts the analysis of diatoms as a proxy for Lateglacial and Holocene climate and environmental change in Lake Ohrid at a higher resolution than in previous studies. While Lake Ohrid has the potential to be sensitive to water temperature change, the data demonstrate a highly complex diatom response, probably comprising a direct response to temperature-induced lake productivity in some phases and an indirect response to temperature-related lake stratification or mixing and epilimnetic nutrient availability in others. The data also demonstrate the possible influence of physical limnological (e.g. the influence of wind stress on stratification or mixing) and chemical processes (e.g. the influence of catchment dynamics on nutrient input) in mediating the complex response of diatoms. During the Lateglacial (ca. 12 300–11 800 cal yr BP), the low-diversity dominance of hypolimnetic Cyclotella fottii indicates low lake productivity, linked to low water temperature. Although the subsequent slight increase in small, epilimnetic C. minuscula during the earliest Holocene (ca. 11 800–10 600 cal yr BP) suggests climate warming and enhanced stratification, diatom concentration remains as low as during the Lateglacial, suggesting that water temperature increase was muted across this major transition. The early Holocene (ca. 10 600–8200 cal yr BP) is characterised by a sustained increase in epilimnetic taxa, with mesotrophic C. ocellata indicating high water-temperature-induced productivity between ca. 10 600–10 200 cal yr BP and between ca. 9500–8200 cal yr BP and with C. minuscula in response to low nutrient availability in the epilimnion between ca. 10 200–9500 cal yr BP. During the middle Holocene (ca. 8200–2600 cal yr BP), when sedimentological and geochemical proxies provide evidence for maximum Holocene water temperature, anomalously low C. ocellata abundance is probably a response to epilimnetic nutrient limitation, almost mimicking the Lateglacial flora apart from the occurrence of mesotrophic Stephanodiscus transylvanicus in the hypolimnion. During the late Holocene (ca. 2600 cal yr BP–present), high abundance and fluctuating composition of epilimnetic taxa are probably a response more to enhanced anthropogenic nutrient input, particularly nitrogen enrichment, than to climate. Overall, the data indicate that previous assumptions concerning the linearity of diatom response in this deep, ancient lake are invalid, and multi-proxy analysis is essential to improve understanding of palaeolimnological dynamics in future research on the long, Quaternary sequence. DA - 2016/03/03/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.5194/bg-13-1351-2016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 13 IS - 4 SP - 1351 EP - 1365 J2 - Biogeosciences LA - en SN - 1726-4189 UR - https://bg.copernicus.org/articles/13/1351/2016/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:15:20 L1 - https://www.biogeosciences.net/13/1351/2016/bg-13-1351-2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Reconstructing human-environment interactions in the western Messara Plain (Phaistos, Crete, Greece) from the emergence of city states to Byzantine times AU - Ghilardi, Matthieu AU - Revelles, Jordi AU - Glais, Arthur AU - Theodorakopoulou, Katerina AU - Theodoropoulou, Tatiana AU - Lespez, Laurent AU - Longo, Fausto AU - Rossi, Amedeo AU - Bellier, Olivier AU - Benedetti, Lucilla AU - Fleury, Jules T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2019/08// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101909 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 26 SP - 101909 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X19302767 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:15:13 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02172980/file/JASREP_2019_Phaistos_preprint_.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Early impact of agropastoral activities and climate on the littoral landscape of Corsica since mid-Holocene AU - Vella, Marc-Antoine AU - Andrieu-Ponel, Valérie AU - Cesari, Joseph AU - Leandri, Franck AU - Pêche-Quilichini, Kewin AU - Reille, Maurice AU - Poher, Yoann AU - Demory, François AU - Delanghe, Doriane AU - Ghilardi, Matthieu AU - Ottaviani-Spella, Marie-Madeleine T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Zerboni, Andrea DA - 2019/12/19/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0226358 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 12 SP - e0226358 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226358 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:15:09 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226358&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Land use patterns and climate change—a modeled scenario of the Late Bronze Age in Southern Greece AU - Knitter, Daniel AU - Günther, Gerrit AU - Hamer, Wolfgang Berengar AU - Keßler, Torben AU - Seguin, Joana AU - Unkel, Ingmar AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Duttmann, Rainer AU - Nakoinz, Oliver T2 - Environmental Research Letters DA - 2019/11/27/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1088/1748-9326/ab5126 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 12 SP - 125003 J2 - Environ. Res. Lett. SN - 1748-9326 UR - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5126 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:15:03 L1 - https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ab5126/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Long-term trends of land use and demography in Greece: A comparative study AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Kouli, Katerina AU - Katsianis, Markos AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Bonnier, Anton AU - Engel, Max AU - Finné, Martin AU - Fyfe, Ralph AU - Maniatis, Yannis AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Panajiotidis, Sampson AU - Roberts, C Neil AU - Shennan, Stephen T2 - The Holocene AB - This paper offers a comparative study of land use and demographic development in northern and southern Greece from the Neolithic to the Byzantine period. Results from summed probability densities (SPD) of archaeological radiocarbon dates and settlement numbers derived from archaeological site surveys are combined with results from cluster-based analysis of published pollen core assemblages to offer an integrated view of human pressure on the Greek landscape through time. We demonstrate that SPDs offer a useful approach to outline differences between regions and a useful complement to archaeological site surveys, evaluated here especially for the onset of the Neolithic and for the Final Neolithic (FN)/Early Bronze Age (EBA) transition. Pollen analysis highlight differences in vegetation between the two sub-regions, but also several parallel changes. The comparison of land cover dynamics between two sub-regions of Greece further demonstrates the significance of the bioclimatic conditions of core locations and that apparent oppositions between regions may in fact be two sides of the same coin in terms of socio-ecological trajectories. We also assess the balance between anthropogenic and climate-related impacts on vegetation and suggest that climatic variability was as an important factor for vegetation regrowth. Finally, our evidence suggests that the impact of humans on land cover is amplified from the Late Bronze Age (LBA) onwards as more extensive herding and agricultural practices are introduced. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826641 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 742 EP - 760 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Long-term trends of land use and demography in Greece UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826641 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:57 L1 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683619826641 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate variability and landscape dynamics in the Late Hellenistic and Roman north-eastern Peloponnese AU - Bonnier, Anton AU - Finné, Martin T2 - Antiquity AB - Abstract , Research on ancient Greek rural settlement and agricultural economies often emphasises political agency as a driving force behind landscape change, with comparatively less attention directed to the potential effects of climate. This study analyses climate variability and the spatial configuration of land use in the north-eastern Peloponnese during the Late Hellenistic and Roman ( c . 150 BC–AD 300) periods. A synthesis of archaeological field survey data combined with new palaeoclimatological data provides novel insight into how changing climate influenced land use. The authors argue that although climatic variability alone did not drive socio-economic change, drying conditions may have influenced the relocation of agricultural production. DA - 2020/12// PY - 2020 DO - 10.15184/aqy.2020.34 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 94 IS - 378 SP - 1482 EP - 1500 J2 - Antiquity LA - en SN - 0003-598X, 1745-1744 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003598X20000344/type/journal_article Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:52 L1 - https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/079EA563F597059D7BA4CB41B8270163/S0003598X20000344a.pdf/div-class-title-climate-variability-and-landscape-dynamics-in-the-late-hellenistic-and-roman-north-eastern-peloponnese-div.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The socio-environmental history of the Peloponnese during the Holocene: Towards an integrated understanding of the past AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Unkel, Ingmar AU - Kouli, Katerina AU - Holmgren, Karin AU - Avramidis, Pavlos AU - Bonnier, Anton AU - Dibble, Flint AU - Finné, Martin AU - Izdebski, Adam AU - Katrantsiotis, Christos AU - Stocker, Sharon R. AU - Andwinge, Maria AU - Baika, Kalliopi AU - Boyd, Meighan AU - Heymann, Christian T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.042 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 40 EP - 65 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - The socio-environmental history of the Peloponnese during the Holocene UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115301633 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:45 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Resilience and persistence of ancient societies in the face of climate change: a case study from Late Bronze Age Peloponnese AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Finné, Martin T2 - World Archaeology DA - 2018/08/08/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.1080/00438243.2018.1515035 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 50 IS - 4 SP - 584 EP - 602 J2 - World Archaeology LA - en SN - 0043-8243, 1470-1375 ST - Resilience and persistence of ancient societies in the face of climate change UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00438243.2018.1515035 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:37 L1 - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00438243.2018.1515035?needAccess=true ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate change versus land management in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) during the Bronze Age: New insights from the VP/VG sequence of the Terramara Santa Rosa di Poviglio AU - Cremaschi, Mauro AU - Mercuri, Anna Maria AU - Torri, Paola AU - Florenzano, Assunta AU - Pizzi, Chiara AU - Marchesini, Marco AU - Zerboni, Andrea T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.08.011 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 153 EP - 172 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Climate change versus land management in the Po Plain (Northern Italy) during the Bronze Age UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115300780 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:20 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human impact and landscape changes between 3000 and 1000 BC on the Tropea Promontory (Calabria, Italy) AU - Di Lorenzo, Halinka AU - Jung, Reinhard AU - Pacciarelli, Marco AU - Weninger, Bernhard AU - Russo Ermolli, Elda T2 - The Holocene AB - Pollen data were collected from a one-meter peat succession recovered from the top of the Tropea Promontory (Calabria), a territory continuously inhabited throughout Prehistory and Protohistory. The peat was deposited in a small pond/marsh that was gradually filled up. Six 14 C dates allowed the peat growth to be constrained to between ca. 3000 and 1000 calBC. Considerable landscape and land use changes occurred in the area in that time interval, due to both environmental changes and intensive human activities. An open landscape with scattered oak woods characterized the high plain, whereas on the wet soils surrounding the marsh, wet woodlands ( Alnus), and hygrophilous vegetation (Cyperaceae) developed, their relative abundance being used to mark the local environmental evolution. The occurrence of different anthropogenic indicators reveals that the area was exploited for agricultural practices (cereal cultivation) and livestock grazing, the latter being the main activity practiced around the marsh between the Eneolithic (stable settlements) and the Early-Middle Bronze Age (seasonal presence). The possibility of climatic influence on the peat evolution was studied by comparisons with well-dated isotope records. The marsh contraction phase roughly coincides with the 4.2 ka calBP event, while the end of peat accumulation postdates the 3.0 ka calBP rapid climate change event. DA - 2021/06// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1177/0959683621994648 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 31 IS - 6 SP - 926 EP - 942 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683621994648 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:15 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Historical ecology reveals landscape transformation coincident with cultural development in central Italy since the Roman Period AU - Mensing, Scott A. AU - Schoolman, Edward M. AU - Tunno, Irene AU - Noble, Paula J. AU - Sagnotti, Leonardo AU - Florindo, Fabio AU - Piovesan, Gianluca T2 - Scientific Reports DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1038/s41598-018-20286-4 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 8 IS - 1 SP - 2138 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20286-4 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:09 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20286-4.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene vegetation record of upland northern Calabria, Italy: Environmental change and human impact AU - Sevink, Jan AU - Bakels, Corrie C AU - Attema, Peter AJ AU - Di Vito, Mauro A AU - Arienzo, Ilenia T2 - The Holocene AB - Earlier studies on Holocene fills of upland lakes (Lago Forano and Fontana Manca) in northern Calabria, Italy, showed that these hold important palaeoecological archives, which however remained poorly dated. Their time frame is improved by new 14 C dates on plant remains from new cores. Existing pollen data are reinterpreted, using this new time frame. Two early forest decline phases are distinguished. The earliest is linked to the 4.2 kyr BP climatic event, when climate became distinctly drier, other than at Lago Trifoglietti on the wetter Tyrrhenian side, where this event is less prominent. The second is attributed to human impacts and is linked to middle-Bronze Age mobile pastoralism. At Fontana Manca (c. 1000 m a.s.l.), it started around 1700 BC, in the higher uplands a few centuries later (Lago Forano, c. 1500 m a.s.l.). In the Fontana Manca fill, a thin tephra layer occurs, which appears to result from the AP2 event (Vesuvius, c. 1700 BC). A third, major degradation phase dates from the Roman period. Land use and its impacts, as inferred from the regional archaeological record for the Raganello catchment, are confronted with the impacts deduced from the palaeoarchives. DA - 2019/04// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683618824695 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 4 SP - 633 EP - 647 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Holocene vegetation record of upland northern Calabria, Italy UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683618824695 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:14:03 L1 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683618824695 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Tyrrhenian central Italy: Holocene population and landscape ecology AU - Stoddart, Simon AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Mercuri, Anna Maria AU - Mensing, Scott Andrew AU - Colombaroli, Daniele AU - Sadori, Laura AU - Magri, Donatella AU - Di Rita, Federico AU - Giardini, Marco AU - Mariotti Lippi, Marta AU - Montanari, Carlo AU - Bellini, Cristina AU - Florenzano, Assunta AU - Torri, Paola AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Shennan, Stephen AU - Fyfe, Ralph AU - Roberts, C Neil T2 - The Holocene AB - This paper compares changes in vegetation structure and composition (using synthetic fossil pollen data) with proxy data for population levels (including settlements and radiocarbon dates) over the course of the last 10 millennia in Tyrrhenian central Italy. These data show generalised patterns of clearance of woodland in response both to early agriculturalists and urbanism, as well as the specific adoption of tree crops and variations in stock grazing. The results provide a comprehensive understanding of the development of the anthropogenised landscape of one of the most important early centres of European civilisation, showing regional trends as well as local variations. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826696 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 761 EP - 775 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Tyrrhenian central Italy UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826696 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:13:58 L1 - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/10026.1/13130/1/Stoddart%20et%20al.%20ITALY%20Holocene_final%20submitted%20version.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate disaster and the resilience of local maritime networks: Two examples from the Aegean Bronze Age AU - Jarriel, Katherine T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.08.010 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 597 SP - 118 EP - 130 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Climate disaster and the resilience of local maritime networks UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618220304602 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:13:53 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Long-term socio-environmental dynamics and adaptive cycles in Cappadocia, Turkey during the Holocene AU - Allcock, Samantha Lee T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/08// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.06.065 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 446 SP - 66 EP - 82 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216304803 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:13:47 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human-climate interactions since the neolithic period in Central Anatolia: Novel multi-proxy data from the Kureyşler area, Kütahya, Turkey AU - Ocakoğlu, Faruk AU - Çilingiroğlu, Çiler AU - Erkara, İsmühan Potoğlu AU - Ünan, Serdar AU - Dinçer, Berkay AU - Akkiraz, Mehmet Serkan T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/06// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 213 SP - 1 EP - 17 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Human-climate interactions since the neolithic period in Central Anatolia UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379119300885 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:13:42 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human-environment interaction in the hinterland of Ephesos – As deduced from an in-depth study of Lake Belevi, west Anatolia AU - Stock, Friederike AU - Laermanns, Hannes AU - Pint, Anna AU - Knipping, Maria AU - Wulf, Sabine AU - Hassl, Andreas R. AU - Heiss, Andreas G. AU - Ladstätter, Sabine AU - Opitz, Stephan AU - Schwaiger, Helmut AU - Brückner, Helmut T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2020/09// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106418 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 244 SP - 106418 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379120303802 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:13:36 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Agricultural adaptation to highland climate in Iron Age Anatolia AU - Marston, John M. AU - Branting, Scott T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2016/10// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.050 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 9 SP - 25 EP - 32 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16303327 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:13:31 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Exploring the common ground of landscape ecology and landscape archaeology through a case study from eastern Anatolia, Turkey AU - Arıkan, Bülent AU - Mohr, Franziska AU - Bürgi, Matthias T2 - Landscape Ecology DA - 2021/08// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1007/s10980-020-01128-z DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 36 IS - 8 SP - 2295 EP - 2315 J2 - Landscape Ecol LA - en SN - 0921-2973, 1572-9761 UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10980-020-01128-z Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:13:22 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Long Term Population, City Size and Climate Trends in the Fertile Crescent: A First Approximation AU - Lawrence, Dan AU - Philip, Graham AU - Hunt, Hannah AU - Snape-Kennedy, Lisa AU - Wilkinson, T. J. T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Biehl, Peter F. DA - 2016/03/28/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0152563 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 11 IS - 3 SP - e0152563 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Long Term Population, City Size and Climate Trends in the Fertile Crescent UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152563 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:12:49 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0152563&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Blame it on the goats? Desertification in the Near East during the Holocene AU - Henry, Donald O AU - Cordova, Carlos E AU - Portillo, Marta AU - Albert, Rosa-María AU - DeWitt, Regina AU - Emery-Barbier, Aline T2 - The Holocene AB - The degree to which desertification during the Holocene resulted from climatic deterioration or alternatively from overgrazing has puzzled Quaternary scientists in many arid regions of the world. In the research reported upon here, a multi-disciplinary investigation of a 5-m deep, ~11,000-year-old sediment column excavated in a dry lake bed in southern Jordan revealed an early interval in which proxies of plant cover and sheep/goat stocking rates co-varied directly with climatic cycles. Beginning ~5.6 kcal BP, however, this pattern changed with fecal spherulite and phytolith densities failing to co-vary and with spherulites often greatly exceeding phytolith densities, which we suggest is indicative of overgrazing. Moreover, the lack of agreement between the high phytolith densities and other indicators of a desert landscape (i.e. geomorphic and palynologic) suggests that phytolith densities were inflated by fodder subsidies and as such are not entirely reflective of plant cover for this later interval. Given the co-incidental emergence of overgrazing with archaeological evidence for a marked rise in regional population, emergence of widespread trade, and expansion of the Timnian pastoral complex during Chalcolithic–early Bronze times, we argue that desertification was a consequence of socio-economic factors (e.g. higher stocking rates) associated with a shift from a subsistence to a market economy. In addition, we contend that the signature lithic artifact variety (tabular scraper) that appeared in great abundance during this period was directly tied to the emergent market economy and its secondary products (wool) in having been used to shear sheep. Moreover, in that these changes took place largely concurrent with local and regionally recognized evidence of a moist interval, we conclude that the mid- to late-Holocene desertification of the southern Levant was induced more by anthropogenic than climatic factors. DA - 2017/05// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1177/0959683616670470 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 27 IS - 5 SP - 625 EP - 637 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Blame it on the goats? UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683616670470 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:12:36 L1 - https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/71058/1/Henry%20et%20al%202017.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Vegetation History and Human Impact on the Environs of Tel Megiddo in the Bronze and Iron Ages: A Dendroarchaeological Analysis AU - Benzaquen, Mordechay AU - Finkelstein, Israel AU - Langgut, Dafna T2 - Tel Aviv DA - 2019/01/02/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1080/03344355.2019.1586383 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 46 IS - 1 SP - 42 EP - 64 J2 - Tel Aviv LA - en SN - 0334-4355, 2040-4786 ST - Vegetation History and Human Impact on the Environs of Tel Megiddo in the Bronze and Iron Ages UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03344355.2019.1586383 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:12:30 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Collapse and continuity: A multi-proxy reconstruction of settlement organization and population trajectories in the Northern Fertile Crescent during the 4.2kya Rapid Climate Change event AU - Lawrence, Dan AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - de Gruchy, Michelle W. T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Biehl, Peter F. AB - The rise and fall of ancient societies have been attributed to rapid climate change events. One of the most discussed of these is the 4.2kya event, a period of increased aridity and cooling posited as the cause of societal changes across the globe, including the collapse of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia. Studies seeking to correlate social and climatic changes around the 4.2kya event have tended to focus either on highly localized analyses of specific sites or surveys or more synthetic overviews at pan-continental scales, and temporally on the event and its aftermath. Here we take an empirical approach at a large spatial scale to investigate trends in population and settlement organization across the entirety of Northern Fertile Crescent (Northern Mesopotamia and the Northern Levant) from 6,000 to 3,000 cal BP. We use Summed Probability Distributions of radiocarbon dates and data from eighteen archaeological surveys as proxies for population, and a dataset of all settlements over ten hectares in size as a proxy for the degree of urbanization. The goal is to examine the spatial and temporal impact of the 4.2kya event and to contextualize it within longer term patterns of settlement. We find that negative trends are visible during the event horizon in all three proxies. However, these occur against a long-term trend of increased population and urbanization supported through unsustainable overshoot and the exploitation of a drier zone with increased risk of crop failure. We argue that the 4.2kya event occurred during a period of unprecedented urban and rural growth which may have been unsustainable even without an exogenous climate forcing. DA - 2021/01/11/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0244871 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - e0244871 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Collapse and continuity UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244871 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:12:24 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0244871&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Regional power and local ecologies: Accumulated population trends and human impacts in the northern Fertile Crescent AU - Lawrence, D. AU - Philip, G. AU - Wilkinson, K. AU - Buylaert, J.P. AU - Murray, A.S. AU - Thompson, W. AU - Wilkinson, T.J. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/05// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.06.026 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 437 SP - 60 EP - 81 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Regional power and local ecologies UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618215006266 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:12:17 L1 - https://dro.dur.ac.uk/15700/1/15700.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Human induced soil erosion and the implications on crop yield in a small mountainous Mediterranean catchment (SW-Turkey) AU - Van Loo, Maarten AU - Dusar, Bert AU - Verstraeten, Gert AU - Renssen, Hans AU - Notebaert, Bastiaan AU - D'Haen, Koen AU - Bakker, Johan T2 - CATENA DA - 2017/02// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.catena.2016.08.023 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 149 SP - 491 EP - 504 J2 - CATENA LA - en SN - 03418162 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816216303344 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:20:24 L1 - https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/552862/5/Van%20Loo%20et%20al%20Catena%202017.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The rapid spread of early farming from the Aegean into the Balkans via the Sub-Mediterranean-Aegean Vegetation Zone AU - Krauß, Raiko AU - Marinova, Elena AU - De Brue, Hanne AU - Weninger, Bernhard T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 496 SP - 24 EP - 41 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216304852 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:20:16 L1 - https://lirias.kuleuven.be/bitstream/123456789/631160/2/Kraus_etal_2017.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene vegetation history of the southern Levant based on a pollen record from Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), Israel AU - Schiebel, Vera AU - Litt, Thomas T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2018/07// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s00334-017-0658-3 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 577 EP - 590 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-017-0658-3 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:20:10 L1 - https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00334-017-0658-3.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Hydro-geomorphological consequences of the abandonment of agricultural terraces in the Mediterranean region: Key controlling factors and landscape stability patterns AU - Moreno-de-las-Heras, Mariano AU - Lindenberger, Florian AU - Latron, Jérôme AU - Lana-Renault, Noemí AU - Llorens, Pilar AU - Arnáez, José AU - Romero-Díaz, Asunción AU - Gallart, Francesc T2 - Geomorphology DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.geomorph.2019.02.014 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 333 SP - 73 EP - 91 J2 - Geomorphology LA - en SN - 0169555X ST - Hydro-geomorphological consequences of the abandonment of agricultural terraces in the Mediterranean region UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169555X19300480 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:19:58 L1 - https://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/202494/1/Hydro-geomorphological%20consequences%20of%20the%20abandonment%20of%20agricultural%20terraces%20in%20the%20Mediterranean%20region.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Fuel and acorns: Early Neolithic plant use from Cueva de Chaves (NE Spain) AU - Alcolea, Marta AU - Utrilla, Pilar AU - Piqué, Raquel AU - Laborda, Rafael AU - Mazo, Carlos T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.10.019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 457 SP - 228 EP - 239 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Fuel and acorns UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216304797 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:19:48 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mountain adaptation of caprine herding in the eastern Pyrenees during the Bronze Age: A stable oxygen and carbon isotope analysis of teeth AU - Knockaert, Juliette AU - Balasse, Marie AU - Rendu, Christine AU - Burens, Albane AU - Campmajo, Pierre AU - Carozza, Laurent AU - Bousquet, Delphine AU - Fiorillo, Denis AU - Vigne, Jean-Denis T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2018/08// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.05.029 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 484 SP - 60 EP - 74 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Mountain adaptation of caprine herding in the eastern Pyrenees during the Bronze Age UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216306607 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:19:43 L1 - https://hal-univ-tlse2.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01951703/file/Knockaertetal.2017%20L%20Carozza.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Pedology of archaeological soils in tells of the Judean foothills, Israel AU - Itkin, Danny AU - Crouvi, Onn AU - Curtis Monger, H. AU - Shaanan, Uri AU - Goldfus, Haim T2 - CATENA DA - 2018/09// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.catena.2018.03.014 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 168 SP - 47 EP - 61 J2 - CATENA LA - en SN - 03418162 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816218300857 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:19:36 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Middle- to late-Holocene fire history and the impact on Mediterranean pine and oak forests according to the core RF93-30, central Adriatic Sea AU - Mercuri, Anna Maria AU - Florenzano, Assunta AU - Terenziani, Rita AU - Furia, Elisa AU - Dallai, Daniele AU - Torri, Paola T2 - The Holocene AB - The high-resolution Adriatic RF93-30 core shows changes in its microcharcoal record, which correlate to terrestrial fires from the last 7000 years. Pollen and microcharcoals were transported by wind and fluvial transport from the sedimentary basin, including the Po River and other rivers flowing into the sea off the Italian east coast. Charcoal particles and pollen were counted in the same samples, and the maximum breadth and length of charcoal particles were measured. Microcharcoals with large dimensions were taken as fire indicators occurring along the near coast, as they probably arrived from short distances, the nearest being in Apulia, in southern Italy. The age–depth model was developed within the multidisciplinary PALICLAS project. Several potential fire activity increases (PFAIs) were visible as peaks in the diagram. The oldest PFAIs occurred at the middle Holocene (approximately dated to c. 6730, 5430, 4150 cal BP), others occurred at the late Holocene ( c. 3760, 2660, 2240, 2030, 1930, 1510 cal BP) and during the last millennium ( c. 900–865, 530, 120–96 cal BP). The two oldest peaks in the diagram, occurring in the 7th–6th millennia, showed the highest contribution of charcoal corresponding to the highest values of arboreal pollen (AP) in the sedimentary record. Although the CHAR peaks did not represent a single fire event, the diagram suggests a good correspondence between paleofire activity and terrestrial vegetation biomass during this early phase. Pollen containing black particles was observed, which suggested some grains were transported in suspension with winds from burned woods. The main unambiguous anthropogenic fire causation would have occurred during the last four millennia. From 4.2 ka, it became hard to disentangle climate and Bronze Age actions. Technology and human activity probably improved the pace of fire events, especially involving oak woods, with evidence of an increase of CHAR during the last millennium. DA - 2019/08// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619846982 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 8 SP - 1362 EP - 1376 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619846982 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:19:11 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Urban micromorphology: A microecological narrative of a Neopalatial neighborhood at Bronze Age Palaikastro, Crete AU - Kulick, Rachel T2 - Geoarchaeology DA - 2019/07// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1002/gea.21725 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 34 IS - 4 SP - 430 EP - 447 J2 - Geoarchaeology LA - en SN - 0883-6353, 1520-6548 ST - Urban micromorphology UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gea.21725 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:19:03 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Early Holocene palaeoseasonality inferred from the stable isotope composition of Unio shells from Çatalhöyük, Turkey AU - Lewis, Jonathan P. AU - Leng, Melanie J. AU - Dean, Jonathan R. AU - Marciniak, Arkadiusz AU - Bar-Yosef Mayer, Daniella E. AU - Wu, Xiaohong T2 - Environmental Archaeology DA - 2017/01/02/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.1080/14614103.2015.1116216 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 22 IS - 1 SP - 79 EP - 95 J2 - Environmental Archaeology LA - en SN - 1461-4103, 1749-6314 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14614103.2015.1116216 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:18:57 L1 - https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/512656/1/Lewis%20et%20al%20al.%202016_Unio%20Catalhoyuk_unformatted%20final.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Experimental socioecology: Integrative science for anthropocene landscape dynamics AU - Barton, C. Michael AU - Ullah, Isaac I.T. AU - Bergin, Sean M. AU - Sarjoughian, Hessam S. AU - Mayer, Gary R. AU - Bernabeu-Auban, Joan E. AU - Heimsath, Arjun M. AU - Acevedo, Miguel F. AU - Riel-Salvatore, Julien G. AU - Arrowsmith, J. Ramón T2 - Anthropocene DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.ancene.2015.12.004 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 13 SP - 34 EP - 45 J2 - Anthropocene LA - en SN - 22133054 ST - Experimental socioecology UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2213305415300278 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:18:42 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene mountain forest changes in central Mediterranean: Soil charcoal data from the Sila Massif (Calabria, southern Italy) AU - Moser, Daniela AU - Di Pasquale, Gaetano AU - Scarciglia, Fabio AU - Nelle, Oliver T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.042 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 457 SP - 113 EP - 130 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Holocene mountain forest changes in central Mediterranean UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216307741 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:18:36 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Timing and pace of dairying inception and animal husbandry practices across Holocene North Africa AU - Dunne, J. AU - di Lernia, S. AU - Chłodnicki, M. AU - Kherbouche, F. AU - Evershed, R.P. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.06.062 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 471 SP - 147 EP - 159 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618217303634 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:18:30 L1 - https://iris.uniroma1.it/bitstream/11573/989560/4/Dunne_Timing_2018.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Understanding the development of viticulture in Roman Gaul during and after the Roman climate optimum: The contribution of spatial analysis and agro-ecosystem modeling AU - Bernigaud, Nicolas AU - Bondeau, Alberte AU - Guiot, Joël T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2021/08// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103099 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 38 SP - 103099 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X ST - Understanding the development of viticulture in Roman Gaul during and after the Roman climate optimum UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X21003114 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:18:14 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Early production of table olives at a mid-7th millennium BP submerged site off the Carmel coast (Israel) AU - Galili, E. AU - Langgut, D. AU - Terral, J. F. AU - Barazani, O. AU - Dag, A. AU - Kolska Horwitz, L. AU - Ogloblin Ramirez, I. AU - Rosen, B. AU - Weinstein-Evron, M. AU - Chaim, S. AU - Kremer, E. AU - Lev-Yadun, S. AU - Boaretto, E. AU - Ben-Barak-Zelas, Z. AU - Fishman, A. T2 - Scientific Reports AB - Abstract We present here the earliest evidence for large-scale table olive production from the mid-7 th millennium BP inundated site of Hishuley Carmel on the northern Mediterranean coast of Israel. Olive pit size and fragmentation patterns, pollen as well as the architecture of installations associated with pits from this site, were compared to finds from the nearby and slightly earlier submerged Kfar Samir site. Results indicate that at Kfar Samir olive oil was extracted, while at Hishuley Carmel the data showed that large quantities of table olives, the oldest reported to date, were prepared. This process was most probably facilitated by the site’s proximity to the Mediterranean Sea, which served as a source of both sea water and salt required for debittering/pickling/salting the fruit, as experimentally demonstrated in this study. Comparison of pit morphometry from modern cultivars, wild-growing trees and the archaeological sites, intimates that in pit morphology the ancient pits resemble wild olives, but we cannot totally exclude the possibility that they derive from early cultivated trees. Our findings demonstrate that in this region, olive oil production may have predated table olive preparation, with each development serving as a milestone in the early exploitation of the olive. DA - 2021/12// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1038/s41598-020-80772-6 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 2218 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80772-6 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:18:14 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-80772-6.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Architecture and storage in Mediterranean environments: Case studies from the Aegean and southern California AU - Jazwa, Kyle A. AU - Jazwa, Christopher S. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.09.007 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 597 SP - 87 EP - 102 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Architecture and storage in Mediterranean environments UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618220305395 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:18:14 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Palynology and ostracodology at the Roman port of ancient Ostia (Rome, Italy) AU - Sadori, Laura AU - Mazzini, Ilaria AU - Pepe, Caterina AU - Goiran, Jean-Philippe AU - Pleuger, Elisa AU - Ruscito, Valerio AU - Salomon, Ferreol AU - Vittori, Cecile T2 - The Holocene AB - New detailed palynological and ostracodological analyses together with texture data from a sediment core drilled in Ostia Antica confirm the existence of the ancient Ostia harbour and its location by the Tiber River. Using the different proxies analysed in this work and chronologically framing the sediment record with three AMS radiocarbon dates, four phases have been singled out: pre-harbour, harbour bay under fluvial influence, more protected harbour basin and post-harbour phase. Ostracodology is used to reconstruct the marine versus freshwater influence in the basin. Palynology is used to reconstruct the plant landscape and the surrounding environment. Phases with low pollen concentration and expansions of NPPs suggest soil erosion and are alternated with quieter ones, where human impact was very clear. Deciduous oaks typical of coastal plain forests are the main taxon during the harbour phases. The occurrence of riparian trees increases in periods with low pollen concentration, high NPPs and very high pine percentages. These should be the periods in which important sediment inputs inside the harbour basin arrived and could be the expression of intense flooding phases. The comparison between the ostracod assemblages recovered in the two cores and has led to speculate a complex harbour structure. A separation could explain the micropalaeontological differences between the cores. Thus, we suggest that a pier must have been built in order to protect the inner harbour from the marine influence and to unload the goods transported by the big ships. DA - 2016/09// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1177/0959683616640054 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 26 IS - 9 SP - 1502 EP - 1512 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683616640054 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:31:00 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Vegetation history and paleoclimate at Lake Dojran (FYROM/Greece) during the Late Glacial and Holocene AU - Masi, Alessia AU - Francke, Alexander AU - Pepe, Caterina AU - Thienemann, Matthias AU - Wagner, Bernd AU - Sadori, Laura T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. A new high-resolution pollen and NPP (non-pollen palynomorph) analysis has been performed on the sediments of Lake Dojran, a transboundary lake located at the border between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The sequence covers the last 12 500 years and provides information on the vegetational dynamics of the Late Glacial and Holocene for the southern Balkans. Robust age model, sedimentological diatom, and biomarker analyses published previously have been the base for a multi-perspective interpretation of the new palynological data. Pollen analysis revealed that the Late Glacial is characterized by steppic taxa with prevailing Amaranthaceae, Artemisia and Poaceae. The arboreal vegetation starts to rise after 11 500 yr BP, taking a couple of millennia to be definitively attested. Holocene vegetation is characterized by the dominance of mesophilous plants. The Quercus robur type and Pinus are the most abundant taxa, followed by the Quercus cerris type, the Quercus ilex type and Ostrya–Carpinus orientalis. The first attestation of human presence can be presumed at 5000 yr BP from the contemporary presence of cereals, Juglans and Rumex. A drop in both pollen concentration and influx together with a δ18Ocarb shift indicates increasing aridity and precedes clear and continuous human signs since 4000 yr BP. Also, a correlation between Pediastrum boryanum and fecal stanol suggests that the increase in nutrients in the water is related to human presence and pasture. An undoubted expansion of human-related plants occurs since 2600 yr BP when cereals, arboreal cultivated and other synanthropic non-cultivated taxa are found. A strong reduction in arboreal vegetation occurred at 2000 yr BP, when the Roman Empire impacted a landscape undergoing climate dryness in the whole Mediterranean area. In recent centuries the human impact still remains high but spots of natural vegetation are preserved. The Lake Dojran multi-proxy analysis including pollen data provides clear evidence of the importance of this approach in paleoenvironmental reconstruction. Cross-interpretation of several proxies allows us to comprehend past vegetation dynamics and human impact in the southern Balkans. DA - 2018/03/13/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.5194/cp-14-351-2018 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 3 SP - 351 EP - 367 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/14/351/2018/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:55 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/14/351/2018/cp-14-351-2018.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Sediment cascades and the entangled relationship between human impact and natural dynamics at the pre‐pottery Neolithic site of Göbekli Tepe, Anatolia AU - Nykamp, Moritz AU - Becker, Fabian AU - Braun, Ricarda AU - Pöllath, Nadja AU - Knitter, Daniel AU - Peters, Joris AU - Schütt, Brigitta T2 - Earth Surface Processes and Landforms DA - 2021/02// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1002/esp.5035 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 46 IS - 2 SP - 430 EP - 442 J2 - Earth Surf. Process. Landforms LA - en SN - 0197-9337, 1096-9837 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/esp.5035 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:48 L1 - https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/bitstream/11858/8439/1/ESP_ESP5035.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Unravelling the Holocene environmental history of south-western Iberia through a palynological study of Lake Medina sediments AU - Schröder, Tabea AU - López-Sáez, José Antonio AU - van’t Hoff, Jasmijn AU - Reicherter, Klaus T2 - The Holocene AB - Lake Medina is a small, shallow and endorheic salt lake sensitive to climate variation in south-western Spain, close to Cádiz in western Andalusia. It is located in an evaporitic and karstic environment, and a saline lake affected by highly seasonal precipitation and evaporation. Geochemical and mineralogical data of core CO1313 combined with a robust age model show variation that contributes to the understanding of palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic change. This study shows a pollen record that has been conducted on core CO1313, together with charcoal and non-pollen palynomorph analyses. The environmental and climatological history reconstruction of Lake Medina starts in early Holocene times (at 9.5 cal. ka BP) and shows intensified pasture and land use during middle-Holocene times as well as the 8.2 and 4.2 cal. ka BP abrupt climate events. Oxidation of plant remnants and resulting non-preservation at certain times reinforces the hypothesis of intense climate effects on vegetation during the 4.2 cal. ka BP climate event. Yet, oxidation of plant residues during other episodes shows other periods that were also affected by reduced precipitation. From around 2 cal. ka BP onwards, a recent trend towards aridification and enforced seasonality was detected. DA - 2020/01// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1177/0959683619865590 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 13 EP - 22 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619865590 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:43 ER - TY - JOUR TI - A fluvial record of the mid-Holocene rapid climatic changes in the middle Rhone valley (Espeluche-Lalo, France) and of their impact on Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic societies AU - Berger, Jean-François AU - Delhon, Claire AU - Magnin, Frédéric AU - Bonté, Sandrine AU - Peyric, Dominique AU - Thiébault, Stéphanie AU - Guilbert, Raphaele AU - Beeching, Alain T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.11.019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 66 EP - 84 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115301839 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:38 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Characterizing the cultural evolutionary process from eco-cultural niche models: niche construction during the Neolithic of the Struma River Valley (c. 6200–4900 BC) AU - Whitford, Brent R. T2 - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1007/s12520-018-0667-x DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 11 IS - 5 SP - 2181 EP - 2200 J2 - Archaeol Anthropol Sci LA - en SN - 1866-9557, 1866-9565 ST - Characterizing the cultural evolutionary process from eco-cultural niche models UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12520-018-0667-x Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:33 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Fire as a motor of rapid environmental degradation during the earliest peopling of Malta 7500 years ago AU - Marriner, N. AU - Kaniewski, D. AU - Gambin, T. AU - Gambin, B. AU - Vannière, B. AU - Morhange, C. AU - Djamali, M. AU - Tachikawa, K. AU - Robin, V. AU - Rius, D. AU - Bard, E. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.03.001 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 212 SP - 199 EP - 205 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379118309831 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:27 L1 - https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02083745/file/Marriner%20et%20al%20Quaternary%20Science%20Reviews%202019.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Chronostratigraphy in karst records from the Epipaleolithic to the Mid/Early Neolithic (c. 13.0–6.0 cal ka BP) in the Catalan Coastal Ranges of NE Iberia: environmental changes, sedimentary processes and human activity AU - Bergadà, M. Mercè AU - Cervelló, Josep M. AU - Edo, Manel AU - Cebrià, Artur AU - Oms, F. Xavier AU - Martínez, Pablo AU - Antolín, Ferran AU - Morales, Juan Ignacio AU - Pedro, Mireia T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.09.008 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 184 SP - 26 EP - 46 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Chronostratigraphy in karst records from the Epipaleolithic to the Mid/Early Neolithic (c. 13.0–6.0 cal ka BP) in the Catalan Coastal Ranges of NE Iberia UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379117302780 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:22 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Holocene terraces of the desiccated Bor Lake and Neolithic occupation in Bor Plain, Central Anatolia, Turkey AU - Altın, Türkan Bayer AU - Kayseri-Özer, Mine Sezgül AU - Altın, Bekir Necati T2 - Environmental Earth Sciences DA - 2021/08// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1007/s12665-021-09835-9 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 80 IS - 16 SP - 525 J2 - Environ Earth Sci LA - en SN - 1866-6280, 1866-6299 UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12665-021-09835-9 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:30:16 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Increased sedimentation following the Neolithic Revolution in the Southern Levant AU - Lu, Yin AU - Waldmann, Nicolas AU - Nadel, Dani AU - Marco, Shmuel T2 - Global and Planetary Change DA - 2017/05// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.04.003 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 152 SP - 199 EP - 208 J2 - Global and Planetary Change LA - en SN - 09218181 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921818116305227 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:31:52 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Plant landscape reconstruction above the current timberline at the Monte Cimone and Corno alle Scale mountain areas (Northern Apennines, Italy) during the Late Holocene: The evidence from soil charcoal AU - Benatti, Alessandra AU - Bal, Marie AU - Allée, Philippe AU - Bosi, Giovanna AU - Mercuri, Anna Maria T2 - The Holocene AB - This paper presents the first pedoanthracological study carried out on two mountains of the Northern Apennines, Monte Cimone, and Corno alle Scale, where the results provided new palaeoenvironmental data. The pedoantracological sampling followed an elevation gradient from the current timberline to the highest possible elevation, also adapted to the geomorphological characteristics of the study areas. Based on radiocarbon datings (16 at Monte Cimone and 9 at Corno alle Scale), the soil charcoal fragments provided data about the vegetation dynamics and plant landscape reconstruction, primarily indicating the Late Holocene. The landscape over the last 3000 years appears very similar to the current one with very small altitudinal variations of the timberline and treeline. The present study shows a lack of radiocarbon dates for the Middle Holocene and two hypotheses are discussed to explain this finding. Data suggest that past fires were locally linked to periods of climate optimum and possibly with the management of natural resources (especially animal grazing) by human societies. Some questions concerning the absence of Abies alba, today only present as plantation and normally associated with Fagus sylvatica at these latitudes, are discussed. DA - 2019/11// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619862033 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 11 SP - 1767 EP - 1781 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Plant landscape reconstruction above the current timberline at the Monte Cimone and Corno alle Scale mountain areas (Northern Apennines, Italy) during the Late Holocene UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619862033 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:33:37 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Olive growing in Puglia (southeastern Italy): a review of the evidence from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages AU - Caracuta, Valentina T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2020/09// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1007/s00334-019-00765-y DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 595 EP - 620 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 ST - Olive growing in Puglia (southeastern Italy) UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-019-00765-y Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:33:28 ER - TY - JOUR TI - From pristine forests to high-altitude pastures: an ecological approach to prehistoric human impact on vegetation and landscapes in the western Italian Alps AU - Pini, Roberta AU - Ravazzi, Cesare AU - Raiteri, Luca AU - Guerreschi, Antonio AU - Castellano, Lorenzo AU - Comolli, Roberto T2 - Journal of Ecology A2 - Gill, Jacquelyn DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1111/1365-2745.12767 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 105 IS - 6 SP - 1580 EP - 1597 J2 - J Ecol LA - en SN - 00220477 ST - From pristine forests to high-altitude pastures UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2745.12767 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:33:21 L1 - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/1365-2745.12767 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The development of human activity in the high altitudes of the Schnals Valley (South Tyrol/Italy) from the Mesolithic to modern periods AU - Putzer, Andreas AU - Festi, Daniela AU - Edlmair, Sophie AU - Oeggl, Klaus T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2016/04// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.01.025 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 6 SP - 136 EP - 147 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16300244 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:33:16 ER - TY - JOUR TI - ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF CULTURAL CONTINIUTY, CHANGE AND BREAK IN WESTERN ANATOLIA BETWEEN 6850-5460 CAL. BC: THE ULUCAK HÖYÜK CASE AU - Çevik, Özlem AU - Erdoğu, Burçin AB - A total of sixty-five radiocarbon dates from Ulucak Höyük, including charcoal and short-lived species taken from Level VI–Level III, clearly prove a long history of occupation at the site, from 6850 cal. BC to 5460 cal. BC. Based on this radiocarbon seriation, this article explores the origins of sedentary life its gradual transformation, and abrupt changes at the site. A discussion of the sequence of events is also presented within a regional framework. Ulucak Höyük is one of the earliest sites with evidence of farming and animal husbandry in the Aegean. Archaeological materials and radiocarbon dates confirm the existence of initial Neolithic layers, ca. 6850 cal. BC. Radiocarbon dates suggest that occupation between Ulucak VI and V continued without a gap. However, a gradual transformation has been observed starting from Level Vb onwards, which overlapped more or less with the 8.2 ka Climate Event. After a short gap between the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic, an abrupt change in almost every aspect of material culture occurred around 5600 cal. BC. DA - 2020/02/17/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.5281/ZENODO.3605670 DP - DOI.org (Datacite) ST - ABSOLUTE CHRONOLOGY OF CULTURAL CONTINIUTY, CHANGE AND BREAK IN WESTERN ANATOLIA BETWEEN 6850-5460 CAL. BC UR - https://zenodo.org/record/3605670 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:33:11 KW - Radiocarbon dating KW - Neolithic KW - social transformation KW - abrupt cultural change KW - Chalcolithic-8.2 ka climate event KW - Ulucak Höyük KW - western Anatolia ER - TY - JOUR TI - Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the alluvial landscape of Neolithic Çatalhöyük, central southern Turkey: The implications for early agriculture and responses to environmental change AU - Ayala, Gianna AU - Wainwright, John AU - Walker, Joanna AU - Hodara, Rachel AU - Lloyd, Jerry M. AU - Leng, Melanie AU - Doherty, Chris T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2017.09.002 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 87 SP - 30 EP - 43 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science LA - en SN - 03054403 ST - Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the alluvial landscape of Neolithic Çatalhöyük, central southern Turkey UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305440317301267 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:33:05 L1 - https://dro.dur.ac.uk/23116/1/23116.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mid-to late-Holocene paleovegetation change in vicinity of Lake Tuzla (Kayseri), Central Anatolia, Turkey AU - Şenkul, Çetin AU - Memiş, Türkan AU - Eastwood, Warren J. AU - Doğan, Uğur T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2018/08// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.05.026 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 486 SP - 98 EP - 106 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S104061821731604X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:32:57 L1 - https://pure-oai.bham.ac.uk/ws/files/52776719/Senkul_et_al_Mid_to_late_holocence_paleovegetation_Quaternary_Internat.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Earthquake damage as a catalyst to abandonment of a Middle Bronze Age settlement: Tel Kabri, Israel AU - Lazar, Michael AU - Cline, Eric H. AU - Nickelsberg, Roey AU - Shahack-Gross, Ruth AU - Yasur-Landau, Assaf T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Zerboni, Andrea DA - 2020/09/11/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0239079 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 IS - 9 SP - e0239079 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Earthquake damage as a catalyst to abandonment of a Middle Bronze Age settlement UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239079 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:32:51 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0239079&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Changes in the large carnivore community structure of the Judean Desert in connection to Holocene human settlement dynamics AU - Lazagabaster, Ignacio A. AU - Ullman, Micka AU - Porat, Roi AU - Halevi, Romi AU - Porat, Naomi AU - Davidovich, Uri AU - Marom, Nimrod T2 - Scientific Reports AB - Abstract Investigating historical anthropogenic impacts on faunal communities is key to understanding present patterns of biodiversity and holds important implications for conservation biology. While several studies have demonstrated the human role in the extinction of large herbivores, effective methods to study human interference on large carnivores in the past are limited by the small number of carnivoran remains in the paleozoological record. Here, we integrate a systematic paleozoological survey of biogenic cave assemblages with the archaeological and paleoenvironmental records of the Judean Desert, to reveal historical changes in the large carnivore community. Our results show a late Holocene (~ 3400 years ago) faunal reassembly characterized by the diminishment of the dominant large carnivoran, the Arabian leopard ( Panthera pardus sbsp. nimr ), and the spread of the Syrian striped hyena ( Hyaena hyaena sbsp. syriaca ). We suggest that increased hunting pressure in combination with regional aridification were responsible for the decrease in the number of leopards, while the introduction of domestic animals and settlement refuse brought new scavenging opportunities for hyenas. The recent extirpation of leopards from the region has been a final note to the Holocene human impact on the ecosystem. DA - 2021/12// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1038/s41598-021-82996-6 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 11 IS - 1 SP - 3548 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82996-6 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:32:39 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-82996-6.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Developments in subsistence during the Early Bronze Age through the Iron Age in the southern and central Levant: Integration of faunal and botanical remains using multivariate statistics AU - Vermeersch, Shyama AU - Riehl, Simone AU - Starkovich, Britt M. AU - Kamlah, Jens T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2021/02// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106776 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 253 SP - 106776 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Developments in subsistence during the Early Bronze Age through the Iron Age in the southern and central Levant UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379120307381 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:32:34 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Establishing a Neolithic farming life in Egypt: A view from the lithic study at Fayum Neolithic sites AU - Shirai, Noriyuki T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2016/08// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.111 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 412 SP - 22 EP - 35 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Establishing a Neolithic farming life in Egypt UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618215011039 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:32:26 ER - TY - JOUR TI - New insights on plant domestication, production intensification, and food storage: the archaeobotanical evidence from PPNA Dhra‘ AU - Colledge, Sue AU - Conolly, James AU - Finlayson, Bill AU - Kuijt, Ian T2 - Levant DA - 2018/01/02/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.1080/00758914.2018.1424746 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 50 IS - 1 SP - 14 EP - 31 J2 - Levant LA - en SN - 0075-8914, 1756-3801 ST - New insights on plant domestication, production intensification, and food storage UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00758914.2018.1424746 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:32:18 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Amorite Problem: resolving an historical dilemma AU - Homsher, Robert S. AU - Cradic, Melissa S. T2 - Levant DA - 2017/09/02/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.1080/00758914.2017.1418038 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 49 IS - 3 SP - 259 EP - 283 J2 - Levant LA - en SN - 0075-8914, 1756-3801 ST - The Amorite Problem UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00758914.2017.1418038 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:32:13 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene environmental variability in the Central Ebro Basin (NE Spain) from geoarchaeological and pedological records AU - Pérez-Lambán, Fernando AU - Peña-Monné, José Luis AU - Badía-Villas, David AU - Picazo Millán, Jesús Vicente AU - Sampietro-Vattuone, María Marta AU - Alcolea Gracia, Marta AU - Aranbarri, Josu AU - González-Sampériz, Penélope AU - Fanlo Loras, Javier T2 - CATENA DA - 2018/04// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.catena.2017.12.017 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 163 SP - 147 EP - 164 J2 - CATENA LA - en SN - 03418162 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816217304198 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:43 L1 - https://zaguan.unizar.es/record/76055/files/texto_completo.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Decoding short-term climatic variations from cave sediments over the Mid-Holocene: Implications for human occupation in the Katarraktes Cave System, Northern Greece AU - Pennos, Christos AU - Pechlivanidou, Sofia AU - Aidona, Elina AU - Bourliva, Anna AU - Lauritzen, Stein-Erik AU - Scholger, Robert AU - Kantiranis, Nikolaos T2 - Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie DA - 2021/06/25/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1127/zfg/2021/0680 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 63 IS - 1 SP - 67 EP - 80 J2 - zfg LA - en SN - 0372-8854 ST - Decoding short-term climatic variations from cave sediments over the Mid-Holocene UR - http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/zfg/detail/63/99054/Decoding_short_term_climatic_variations_from_cave_?af=crossref Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:38 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Lacustrine clay mineral assemblages as a proxy for land-use and climate changes over the last 4 kyr: The Amik Lake case study, Southern Turkey AU - El Ouahabi, Meriam AU - Hubert-Ferrari, Aurélia AU - Fagel, Nathalie T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/05// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.11.032 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 438 SP - 15 EP - 29 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Lacustrine clay mineral assemblages as a proxy for land-use and climate changes over the last 4 kyr UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216308023 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:33 L1 - https://orbi.uliege.be/bitstream/2268/204930/3/El%20Ouahabi%20et%20al.%2c%202017-Lacustrine%20clay%20mineral%20assemblages%20as%20a%20proxy%20for%20land-use.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Eastern Mediterranean hydroclimate reconstruction over the last 3600 years based on sedimentary n-alkanes, their carbon and hydrogen isotope composition and XRF data from the Gialova Lagoon, SW Greece AU - Katrantsiotis, Christos AU - Kylander, Malin E. AU - Smittenberg, Rienk AU - Yamoah, Kweku K.A. AU - Hättestrand, Martina AU - Avramidis, Pavlos AU - Strandberg, Nichola A. AU - Norström, Elin T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2018/08// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.07.008 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 194 SP - 77 EP - 93 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379118300751 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:27 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Speleothem record of climatic changes in the northern Aegean region (Greece) from the Bronze Age to the collapse of the Roman Empire AU - Psomiadis, D. AU - Dotsika, E. AU - Albanakis, K. AU - Ghaleb, B. AU - Hillaire-Marcel, C. T2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology DA - 2018/01// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.10.021 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 489 SP - 272 EP - 283 J2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology LA - en SN - 00310182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018217307629 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:21 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Hydrological changes during the Roman Climatic Optimum in northern Tuscany (Central Italy) as evidenced by speleothem records and archaeological data AU - Bini, M. AU - Zanchetta, G. AU - Regattieri, E. AU - Isola, I. AU - Drysdale, R. N. AU - Fabiani, F. AU - Genovesi, S. AU - Hellstrom, J. C. T2 - Journal of Quaternary Science DA - 2020/08// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1002/jqs.3224 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 35 IS - 6 SP - 791 EP - 802 J2 - J. Quaternary Sci LA - en SN - 0267-8179, 1099-1417 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3224 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:16 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The MedAfriCarbon Radiocarbon Database and Web Application. Archaeological Dynamics in Mediterranean Africa, ca. 9600–700 BC AU - Lucarini, Giulio AU - Wilkinson, Toby AU - Crema, Enrico R. AU - Palombini, Augusto AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Broodbank, Cyprian T2 - Journal of Open Archaeology Data DA - 2020/02/27/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.5334/joad.60 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 8 SP - 1 LA - en SN - 2049-1565 UR - http://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.60/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:11 L1 - https://openarchaeologydata.metajnl.com/articles/10.5334/joad.60/galley/69/download/ ER - TY - CHAP TI - The 4.2 ka Event in the Euro-Mediterranean Region—A Study from the MISTRALS/PALEOMEX Program AU - Jalali, Bassem AU - Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine T2 - Patterns and Mechanisms of Climate, Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Changes from Low-Latitude Regions A2 - Zhang, Zhihua A2 - Khélifi, Nabil A2 - Mezghani, Abdelkader A2 - Heggy, Essam CY - Cham DA - 2019/// PY - 2019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) SP - 13 EP - 15 LA - en PB - Springer International Publishing SN - 978-3-030-01598-5 978-3-030-01599-2 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-01599-2_3 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:35:05 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02194774/file/Jalali%20and%20Sicre_797.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Anthropogenic amplification of geomorphic processes along the Mediterranean coasts: A case-study from the Graeco-Roman town of Elea-Velia (Campania, Italy) AU - Amato, Vincenzo AU - Cicala, Luigi AU - Valente, Ettore AU - Ruello, Maria Rosaria AU - Esposito, Nunzia AU - Ermolli, Elda Russo T2 - Geomorphology DA - 2021/06// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107694 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 383 SP - 107694 J2 - Geomorphology LA - en SN - 0169555X ST - Anthropogenic amplification of geomorphic processes along the Mediterranean coasts UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0169555X21001021 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:56 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Environmental changes, climate and anthropogenic impact in south-east Tunisia during the last 8 kyr AU - Jaouadi, Sahbi AU - Lebreton, Vincent AU - Bout-Roumazeilles, Viviane AU - Siani, Giuseppe AU - Lakhdar, Rached AU - Boussoffara, Ridha AU - Dezileau, Laurent AU - Kallel, Nejib AU - Mannai-Tayech, Beya AU - Combourieu-Nebout, Nathalie T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. Pollen and clay mineralogical analyses of a Holocene sequence from Sebkha Boujmel (southern Tunisia) trace the climatic and environmental dynamics in the lower arid bioclimatic zone over the last 8000 years. During the mid- to late Holocene transition, between ca. 8 and 3 ka BP, a succession of five wet–dry oscillations is recorded. An intense arid event occurs between ca. 5.7 and 4.6 ka BP. This episode marks the onset of a long-term aridification trend with a progressive retreat of Mediterranean woody xerophytic vegetation and of grass steppes. It ends with the establishment of pre-desert ecosystems around 3 ka BP. The millennial-scale climate change recorded in the data from Sebkha Boujmel is consistent with records from the south and east Mediterranean, as well as with climatic records from the desert region for the end of the African Humid Period (AHP). Eight centennial climatic events are recorded at Sebkha Boujmel and these are contemporary with those recorded in the Mediterranean and in the Sahara. They indicate a clear coupling between the southern Mediterranean and the Sahara before 3 ka BP. The event at 4.2 ka BP is not evidenced and the link between events recorded in Sebkha Boujmel and the North Atlantic cooling events is clearer from ca. 3 ka BP onwards. These variations indicate the importance of climatic determinism in the structuring of landscapes, with the establishment of the arid climatic conditions of the late Holocene. It is only from ca. 3 ka BP onwards that the dynamic of plant associations is modified by both human activity and climatic variability. The climatic episodes identified during the historic period indicate strong regionalisation related to the differential impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and the Mediterranean Oscillation (MO) on the Mediterranean Basin. The local human impact on regional ecosystems is recorded in the form of episodes of intensification of pastoral and/or agricultural activities. The development of olive production and of several taxa associated with agriculture attest to increasing sedentism among human populations during classical antiquity. The significant increase in Artemisia (wormwood) between ca. 1.1 and 0.8 ka BP (850–1150 AD) is linked to intensive pastoral activity, associated with heightened interannual and/or seasonal climatic instability. A complete reshaping of the landscape is recorded during the 20th century. The remarkable expansion of the olive tree, and the deterioration of regional ecosystems with the spread of desert species, is linked to recent local socio-economic changes in Tunisia. DA - 2016/06/15/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.5194/cp-12-1339-2016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 6 SP - 1339 EP - 1359 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/12/1339/2016/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:46 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/12/1339/2016/cp-12-1339-2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Palaeoenvironmental implications of a marine geoarchaeological survey conducted in the SW Argosaronic gulf, Greece AU - Geraga, M. AU - Papatheodorou, G. AU - Agouridis, C. AU - Kaberi, H. AU - Iatrou, M. AU - Christodoulou, D. AU - Fakiris, E. AU - Prevenios, M. AU - Kordella, S. AU - Ferentinos, G. T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2017/04// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.08.004 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 SP - 805 EP - 818 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16304527 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:39 ER - TY - JOUR TI - High-resolution environmental reconstruction in SW Peloponnese, Greece, covering the last c . 6000 years: Evidence from Agios Floros fen, Messenian plain AU - Katrantsiotis, Christos AU - Norström, Elin AU - Holmgren, Karin AU - Risberg, Jan AU - Skelton, Alasdair T2 - The Holocene AB - A paleolimnological record from the central Messenian plain (southwestern Peloponnese, southern Greece) indicates rapid changes in the water level and chemistry of a transient lake on the flanks of the Taygetos Mountains during the last c. 6000 years. The analyses are based on diatoms as well as carbon and nitrogen isotopes from bulk sediments in a 7.5-m-long sediment core retrieved from the drained fen of Agios Floros, at the northern banks of the ancient River Pamisos. The sequence consists of fen peat in the uppermost section underlain by lacustrine sediments, which are punctuated by two layers of clay with diatomaceous silt bands. High accumulation rate is recorded in the oldest part of the section (up to 23 mm/yr), particularly during two decadal-long periods centered at c. 5700 and c. 5300 cal. BP. The diatom record reveals pronounced peaks in the planktonic taxon Cyclotella distinguenda, which correspond to the laminated sequences, reflecting the rapid development of a deep lake with an open water environment during these two time periods. Another two events with intermediate water levels are inferred at c. 5200 and c. 4600 cal. BP. These short-lived phases were probably, to a large extent, caused by local tectonic processes and the consequent hydrological anomalies of the nearby karst springs, although abrupt climatic changes with enhanced precipitation might have also played a role. At c. 4500 cal. BP, our data suggest the development of terrestrial conditions in this area, which can be attributed to the decreasing activity/dry up of springs, probably associated with more arid climate. After c. 2500 cal. BP, the diatom record infers a return to wetter conditions, probably as a response to more humid climate with marked seasonality and human activities, developing the present-day environment with cultivated and seasonally semi-flooded fields. DA - 2016/02// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1177/0959683615596838 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 26 IS - 2 SP - 188 EP - 204 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - High-resolution environmental reconstruction in SW Peloponnese, Greece, covering the last c . 6000 years UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683615596838 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:33 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Late-Holocene coastal depositional environments and climate changes in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece AU - Emmanouilidis, Alexandros AU - Unkel, Ingmar AU - Triantaphyllou, Maria AU - Avramidis, Pavlos T2 - The Holocene AB - Multidisciplinary studies in coastal systems of the eastern Mediterranean region have proven to be excellent tools in understanding paleoenvironmental, paleoecological, and paleoclimatic changes that took place during the Holocene period, and how these changes interacted with urban development and growth. This paper presents sedimentological, high-resolution x-ray fluorescence (XRF scanning), micropaleontological, and x-ray diffraction (XRD) data from three shallow sediment cores that were retrieved from Aliki (ancient Siphai or Tipha) salt pond. The study area is located in a unique, highly tectonic geographical region, at the northeast part of the Gulf of Corinth in Greece. Beachrock deposits that form a barrier between the salt pond and the marine environment seem to play an important role in the evolution of the area. The chronological framework was set at around 3100 cal. BP by four 14 C radiocarbon dates, and the evolutionary model that was established indicates four different changes taking place during this period at the study area. From around 3100 to 1600 cal. BP, a transition from a closed to an open lagoonal environment was identified, interrupted by a fluvial terrestrial deposit at around 2500 cal. BP. A shift toward a closed lagoonal system at around 1600 cal. BP and the establishment of a salt pond environment seem to correlate with tectonic activity. The study provides important information about the evolution of coastal landscape in such a tectonic active region and points the interaction between regional human activity and climatic changes during the late-Holocene period. DA - 2020/01// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1177/0959683619875793 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 30 IS - 1 SP - 77 EP - 89 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619875793 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:25 L1 - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0959683619875793 ER - TY - JOUR TI - High-resolution late Holocene sedimentary cores record the long history of the city of Cádiz (south-western Spain) AU - Salomon, Ferréol AU - Bernal-Casasola, Darío AU - Díaz, José J. AU - Lara, Macarena AU - Domínguez-Bella, Salvador AU - Ertlen, Damien AU - Wassmer, Patrick AU - Adam, Pierre AU - Schaeffer, Philippe AU - Hardion, Laurent AU - Vittori, Cécile AU - Chapkanski, Stoil AU - Delile, Hugo AU - Schmitt, Laurent AU - Preusser, Frank AU - Trautmann, Martine AU - Masi, Alessia AU - Vignola, Cristiano AU - Sadori, Laura AU - Morales, Jacob AU - Vidal Matutano, Paloma AU - Robin, Vincent AU - Keller, Benjamin AU - Sanchez Bellón, Ángel AU - Martínez López, Javier AU - Rixhon, Gilles T2 - Scientific Drilling AB - Abstract. Today, coastal cities worldwide are facing major changes resulting from climate change and anthropogenic forcing, which requires adaptation and mitigation strategies to be established. In this context, sedimentological archives in many Mediterranean cities record a multi-millennial history of environmental dynamics and human adaptation, revealing a long-lasting resilience. Founded by the Phoenicians around 3000 years ago, Cádiz (south-western Spain) is a key example of a coastal resilient city. This urban centre is considered to be one of the first cities of western Europe and has experienced major natural hazards during its long history, such as coastal erosion, storms, and also tsunamis (like the one in 1755 CE following the destructive Lisbon earthquake). In the framework of an international, joint archaeological and geoarchaeological project, three cores have been drilled in a marine palaeochannel that ran through the ancient city of Cádiz. These cores reveal a ≥50 m thick Holocene sedimentary sequence. Importantly, most of the deposits date from the 1st millennium BCE to the 1st millennium CE. This exceptional sedimentary archive will allow our scientific team to achieve its research goals, which are (1) to reconstruct the palaeogeographical evolution of this specific coastal area; (2) to trace the intensity of activities of the city of Cádiz based on archaeological data, as well as geochemical and palaeoecological indicators; and (3) to identify and date high-energy event deposits such as storms and tsunamis. DA - 2020/05/27/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.5194/sd-27-35-2020 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 27 SP - 35 EP - 47 J2 - Sci. Dril. LA - en SN - 1816-3459 UR - https://sd.copernicus.org/articles/27/35/2020/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:20 L1 - https://sd.copernicus.org/articles/27/35/2020/sd-27-35-2020.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate changes in the Eastern Mediterranean over the last 5000 years and their links to the high-latitude atmospheric patterns and Asian monsoons AU - Katrantsiotis, Christos AU - Norström, Elin AU - Smittenberg, Rienk H. AU - Finne, Martin AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Hättestrand, Martina AU - Avramidis, Pavlos AU - Wastegård, Stefan T2 - Global and Planetary Change DA - 2019/04// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2019.02.001 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 175 SP - 36 EP - 51 J2 - Global and Planetary Change LA - en SN - 09218181 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921818118306052 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:14 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Eastern Mediterranean Mobility in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages: Inferences from Ancient DNA of Pigs and Cattle AU - Meiri, Meirav AU - Stockhammer, Philipp W. AU - Marom, Nimrod AU - Bar-Oz, Guy AU - Sapir-Hen, Lidar AU - Morgenstern, Peggy AU - Macheridis, Stella AU - Rosen, Baruch AU - Huchon, Dorothée AU - Maran, Joseph AU - Finkelstein, Israel T2 - Scientific Reports DA - 2017/12// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1038/s41598-017-00701-y DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 701 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 ST - Eastern Mediterranean Mobility in the Bronze and Early Iron Ages UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00701-y Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:09 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-00701-y.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The changing face of the Mediterranean – Land cover, demography and environmental change: Introduction and overview AU - Bevan, Andrew AU - Palmisano, Alessio AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Fyfe, Ralph AU - Roberts, C Neil AU - Shennan, Stephen T2 - The Holocene AB - This paper introduces a special issue on The Changing Face of the Mediterranean: Land Cover, Demography, and Environmental Change, which brings together up-to-date regional or thematic perspectives on major long-term trends in Mediterranean human–environment relations. Particularly, important insights are provided by palynology to reconstruct past vegetation and land cover, and archaeology to establish long-term demographic trends, but with further significant input from palaeoclimatology, palaeofire research and geomorphology. Here, we introduce the rationale behind this pan-Mediterranean research initiative, outline its major sources of evidence and method, and describe how individual submissions work to complement one another. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826688 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 703 EP - 707 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - The changing face of the Mediterranean – Land cover, demography and environmental change UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826688 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:34:03 L1 - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/10026.1/13131/1/Bevan_intro_paper_text_171218.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Land use development and environmental responses since the Neolithic around Lake Paladru in the French Pre-alps AU - Doyen, E. AU - Bégeot, C. AU - Simonneau, A. AU - Millet, L. AU - Chapron, E. AU - Arnaud, F. AU - Vannière, B. T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2016/06// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.040 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 7 SP - 48 EP - 59 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16301092 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:33:56 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01326183/file/Doyen%20et%20al%202016%20JAS%20Paladru.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Marine response to climate changes during the last five millennia in the central Mediterranean Sea AU - Margaritelli, G. AU - Vallefuoco, M. AU - Di Rita, F. AU - Capotondi, L. AU - Bellucci, L.G. AU - Insinga, D.D. AU - Petrosino, P. AU - Bonomo, S. AU - Cacho, I. AU - Cascella, A. AU - Ferraro, L. AU - Florindo, F. AU - Lubritto, C. AU - Lurcock, P.C. AU - Magri, D. AU - Pelosi, N. AU - Rettori, R. AU - Lirer, F. T2 - Global and Planetary Change DA - 2016/07// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.04.007 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 142 SP - 53 EP - 72 J2 - Global and Planetary Change LA - en SN - 09218181 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0921818115301673 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:39:47 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Ancient Forests in European drylands: Holocene palaeoecological record of Mazarrón, south-eastern Spain AU - Carrión, José S. AU - Fierro, Elena AU - Ros, Milagros AU - Munuera, Manuel AU - Fernández, Santiago AU - Ochando, Juan AU - Amorós, Gabriela AU - Navarro, Francisca AU - Rodríguez-Estrella, Tomás AU - Manzano, Saúl AU - González-Sampériz, Penélope AU - Moreno, Ana T2 - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association DA - 2018/08// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.pgeola.2018.05.007 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 129 IS - 4 SP - 512 EP - 525 J2 - Proceedings of the Geologists' Association LA - en SN - 00167878 ST - Ancient Forests in European drylands UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0016787818300725 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:39:32 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Rethinking the history of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Europe: Its origins and human interactions AU - Pollegioni, Paola AU - Woeste, Keith AU - Chiocchini, Francesca AU - Del Lungo, Stefano AU - Ciolfi, Marco AU - Olimpieri, Irene AU - Tortolano, Virginia AU - Clark, Jo AU - Hemery, Gabriel E. AU - Mapelli, Sergio AU - Malvolti, Maria Emilia T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Chiang, Tzen-Yuh DA - 2017/03/03/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0172541 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 3 SP - e0172541 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Rethinking the history of common walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Europe UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0172541 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:39:18 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0172541&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Oak charcoal from northeastern Syria as proxy for vegetation, land use and climate in the second half of the Holocene AU - Deckers, Katleen T2 - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology DA - 2016/07// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2016.03.001 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 230 SP - 22 EP - 36 J2 - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology LA - en SN - 00346667 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S003466671600035X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:39:13 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Seasonal records of palaeoenvironmental change and resource use from archaeological assemblages AU - Prendergast, Amy L. AU - Pryor, Alexander J.E. AU - Reade, Hazel AU - Stevens, Rhiannon E. T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2018/10// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.08.006 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 21 SP - 1191 EP - 1197 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X18305315 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:39:08 L1 - https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10060850/1/Editorial_JASR_Seasonal_Final_Final.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Crop management and agricultural responses at Early Bronze IV Tell Abu en-Ni'aj, Jordan AU - Porson, Steven AU - Falconer, Steven AU - Pilaar Birch, Suzanne AU - Ridder, Elizabeth AU - Fall, Patricia T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science DA - 2021/09// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105435 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 133 SP - 105435 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science LA - en SN - 03054403 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305440321001059 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:39:03 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Vegetation and fire history of coastal north-eastern Sardinia (Italy) under changing Holocene climates and land use AU - Beffa, Giorgia AU - Pedrotta, Tiziana AU - Colombaroli, Daniele AU - Henne, Paul D. AU - van Leeuwen, Jacqueline F. N. AU - Süsstrunk, Pascal AU - Kaltenrieder, Petra AU - Adolf, Carole AU - Vogel, Hendrik AU - Pasta, Salvatore AU - Anselmetti, Flavio S. AU - Gobet, Erika AU - Tinner, Willy T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2016/05// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1007/s00334-015-0548-5 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 25 IS - 3 SP - 271 EP - 289 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-015-0548-5 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:38:57 ER - TY - JOUR TI - 2500 years of anthropogenic and climatic landscape transformation in the Stymphalia polje, Greece AU - Seguin, Joana AU - Bintliff, John L. AU - Grootes, Pieter M. AU - Bauersachs, Thorsten AU - Dörfler, Walter AU - Heymann, Christian AU - Manning, Sturt W. AU - Müller, Samuel AU - Nadeau, Marie-Josée AU - Nelle, Oliver AU - Steier, Peter AU - Weber, Jan AU - Wild, Eva-Maria AU - Zagana, Eleni AU - Unkel, Ingmar T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/06// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.04.028 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 213 SP - 133 EP - 154 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379119302422 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:38:50 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Late Holocene Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) woodlands in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean): Investigation of their distribution and the role of human management based on anthracological, dendro-anthracological and archaeopalynological data AU - Picornell-Gelabert, Llorenç AU - Servera-Vives, Gabriel AU - Carrión Marco, Yolanda AU - Burjachs, Francesc AU - Currás, Andrés AU - Llergo, Yolanda AU - Dufraisse, Alexa AU - De Luís Arrillaga, Martín AU - Mus Amézquita, Maurici T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2021/08// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.11.006 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 593-594 SP - 346 EP - 363 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Late Holocene Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller) woodlands in Mallorca (Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618220307515 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:40:20 L1 - https://hal-mnhn.archives-ouvertes.fr/mnhn-03011897/file/Picornell%20et%20al_%202020_%20QI_preproof.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Trajectories of change in Mediterranean Holocene vegetation through classification of pollen data AU - Fyfe, Ralph M. AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Roberts, C. Neil T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s00334-017-0657-4 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 27 IS - 2 SP - 351 EP - 364 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-017-0657-4 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:40:14 L1 - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/10026.1/10576/1/Fyfe%20et%20al%20von%20post%20SI%20paper%20authorGREENcopy.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Calibration of the stable isotope composition and body size of the arid-dwelling land snail Sphincterochila candidissima , a climatic archive abundant in Mediterranean archaeological deposits AU - Yanes, Yurena AU - Fernández-Lopez-de-Pablo, Javier T2 - The Holocene AB - Land snails recovered from archeological deposits may be used to deduce climatic conditions during prehistoric occupation because their aragonitic skeletons are usually well-preserved and document valuable climatic information in the form of isotope codes. Since the snail Sphincterochila candidissima is common in archeological sites along the western Mediterranean but has been minimally investigated, the present work examines the relationship between the oxygen (δ 18 O) and carbon (δ 13 C) stable isotopes of modern specimens and relevant meteorological data. Individuals of Sphincterochila were regularly live-collected throughout 1 year (from September 2013 to October 2014) in Tarragona, NE Spain, and the δ 18 O and δ 13 C values were measured at the shell lip or aperture, which depicts the last growth episode closest to specimens’ collection date. Shell margin δ 18 O values varied from +3.1‰ in September to −0.8‰ in April. Average shell margin δ 18 O values per collection date positively correlated with monthly averaged rainwater δ 18 O, and negatively correlated with monthly averaged maximum relative humidity, while other variables (i.e. temperature and precipitation amount) did not explain monthly–submonthly isotopic variations in the shell lip. Shell margin δ 13 C values ranged from −11‰ in September to −4.8‰ in March, pointing to detectable variations in snails’ diet between seasons. Interestingly, snail body size positively correlated with shell margin δ 18 O and δ 13 C values, suggesting that larger snail size is reached under drier conditions. This work shows that S. candidissima from the western Mediterranean is a valid paleoprecipitation δ 18 O and/or paleohumidity proxy in the region at the monthly–submonthly scale. Although shell margin δ 18 O recorded fall and spring climate conditions only, limiting therefore their use to estimate the season of harvest, snails that grow year-round (e.g. at subtropical–tropical regions) may be used usefully for such analyses. DA - 2017/06// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1177/0959683616675943 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 27 IS - 6 SP - 890 EP - 899 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683616675943 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:40:09 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Can we detect centennial sea-level variations over the last three thousand years in Israeli archaeological records? AU - Dean, S. AU - Horton, Benjamin P. AU - Evelpidou, Niki AU - Cahill, Niamh AU - Spada, Giorgio AU - Sivan, Dorit T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/04// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.02.021 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 210 SP - 125 EP - 135 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379117310831 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:40:03 L1 - https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/13627/1/NC_can%20we%20detect.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Influence of the North Atlantic subpolar gyre circulation on the 4.2 ka BP event AU - Jalali, Bassem AU - Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine AU - Azuara, Julien AU - Pellichero, Violaine AU - Combourieu-Nebout, Nathalie T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. The 4.2 ka BP event, spanning from ca 4200 to 3900 cal BP, has been documented in numerous archaeological data and continental archives across the Northern Hemisphere as an abrupt shift to dry and cold climate. However, data on synchronous ocean circulation changes are notably lacking, thus preventing us from getting a full insight into the physical mechanisms responsible for this climate deterioration. Here, we present two high-resolution (5–20 years) sea surface temperature (SST) records from the subpolar gyre and off north Iceland in the vicinity of the polar front obtained from alkenone paleo-thermometry and compare them with proxy data from the western Mediterranean Sea to gain information on regional temperature and precipitation patterns. Our results are evidence of a temperature dipole pattern which, combined with other paleo-oceanographic records of the North Atlantic, suggests a weakening of the subpolar gyre possibly associated with atmospheric blocked regimes. DA - 2019/04/08/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.5194/cp-15-701-2019 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 15 IS - 2 SP - 701 EP - 711 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/15/701/2019/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:39:56 L1 - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/15/701/2019/cp-15-701-2019.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Palaeohydrological changes recorded from a small Moroccan Middle Atlas pond during the last 6000 cal. yr BP: a multi-proxy study AU - Abdellah, Hanane Id AU - Vidal, Laurence AU - Benkaddour, Abdelfattah AU - Rhoujjati, Ali AU - Jouve, Guillaume AU - Tachikawa, Kazuyo AU - Sonzogni, Corinne AU - Mazur, Jean-Charles AU - Paillès, Christine AU - Sylvestre, Florence T2 - Journal of Paleolimnology DA - 2021/03// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1007/s10933-020-00166-6 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 65 IS - 3 SP - 279 EP - 297 J2 - J Paleolimnol LA - en SN - 0921-2728, 1573-0417 ST - Palaeohydrological changes recorded from a small Moroccan Middle Atlas pond during the last 6000 cal. yr BP UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10933-020-00166-6 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:45:07 L1 - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03122512/file/Id%20abdellah%20et%20al-Proof%20editing.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Last deglaciation and Holocene environmental change at high altitude in the Pyrenees: the geochemical and paleomagnetic record from Marboré Lake (N Spain) AU - Oliva-Urcia, B. AU - Moreno, A. AU - Leunda, M. AU - Valero-Garcés, B. AU - González-Sampériz, P. AU - Gil-Romera, G. AU - Mata, M. P. T2 - Journal of Paleolimnology DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s10933-017-0013-9 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 59 IS - 3 SP - 349 EP - 371 J2 - J Paleolimnol LA - en SN - 0921-2728, 1573-0417 ST - Last deglaciation and Holocene environmental change at high altitude in the Pyrenees UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10933-017-0013-9 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:58 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Centennial-scale vegetation and North Atlantic Oscillation changes during the Late Holocene in the southern Iberia AU - Ramos-Román, M.J. AU - Jiménez-Moreno, G. AU - Anderson, R.S. AU - García-Alix, A. AU - Toney, J.L. AU - Jiménez-Espejo, F.J. AU - Carrión, J.S. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/07// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.007 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 143 SP - 84 EP - 95 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379116301445 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:52 L1 - https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/119125/7/119125.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Sea surface temperature variability in the central-western Mediterranean Sea during the last 2700 years: a multi-proxy and multi-record approach AU - Cisneros, Mercè AU - Cacho, Isabel AU - Frigola, Jaime AU - Canals, Miquel AU - Masqué, Pere AU - Martrat, Belen AU - Casado, Marta AU - Grimalt, Joan O. AU - Pena, Leopoldo D. AU - Margaritelli, Giulia AU - Lirer, Fabrizio T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. This study presents the reconstructed evolution of sea surface conditions in the central-western Mediterranean Sea during the late Holocene (2700 years) from a set of multi-proxy records as measured on five short sediment cores from two sites north of Minorca (cores MINMC06 and HER-MC-MR3). Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) from alkenones and Globigerina bulloides Mg / Ca ratios are combined with δ18O measurements in order to reconstruct changes in the regional evaporation–precipitation (E–P) balance. We also revisit the G. bulloides Mg / Ca–SST calibration and re-adjusted it based on a set of core-top measurements from the western Mediterranean Sea. Modern regional oceanographic data indicate that Globigerina bulloides Mg / Ca is mainly controlled by seasonal spring SST conditions, related to the April–May primary productivity bloom in the region. In contrast, the alkenone–SST signal represents an integration of the annual signal. The construction of a robust chronological framework in the region allows for the synchronization of the different core sites and the construction of “stacked” proxy records in order to identify the most significant climatic variability patterns. The warmest sustained period occurred during the Roman Period (RP), which was immediately followed by a general cooling trend interrupted by several centennial-scale oscillations. We propose that this general cooling trend could be controlled by changes in the annual mean insolation. Even though some particularly warm SST intervals took place during the Medieval Climate Anomaly (MCA), the Little Ice Age (LIA) was markedly unstable, with some very cold SST events mostly during its second half. Finally, proxy records for the last centuries suggest that relatively low E–P ratios and cold SSTs dominated during negative North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) phases, although SSTs seem to present a positive connection with the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) index. DA - 2016/04/07/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.5194/cp-12-849-2016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 849 EP - 869 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 ST - Sea surface temperature variability in the central-western Mediterranean Sea during the last 2700 years UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/12/849/2016/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:43 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/12/849/2016/cp-12-849-2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Geochemical study of carbonate concretions from the aqueduct of Nîmes (southern France): a climatic record for the first centuries AD? AU - Benjelloun, Yacine AU - Carlut, Julie AU - Hélie, Jean-François AU - Chazot, Gilles AU - Le Callonnec, Laurence T2 - Scientific Reports DA - 2019/12// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1038/s41598-019-41620-4 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 5209 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 ST - Geochemical study of carbonate concretions from the aqueduct of Nîmes (southern France) UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41620-4 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:33 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-41620-4.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Latest Holocene paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate reconstruction from an alpine bog in the Western Mediterranean region: The Borreguil de los Lavaderos de la Reina record (Sierra Nevada) AU - López-Avilés, Alejandro AU - García-Alix, Antonio AU - Jiménez-Moreno, Gonzalo AU - Anderson, R.S. AU - Toney, Jaime L. AU - Mesa-Fernández, Jose M. AU - Jiménez-Espejo, Francisco J. T2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology DA - 2021/07// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.palaeo.2021.110434 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 573 SP - 110434 J2 - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology LA - en SN - 00310182 ST - Latest Holocene paleoenvironmental and paleoclimate reconstruction from an alpine bog in the Western Mediterranean region UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018221002194 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:23 L1 - https://digibug.ugr.es/bitstream/10481/69300/1/1-s2.0-S0031018221002194-main.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene hydrological changes in the Rhône River (NW Mediterranean) asrecorded in the marine mud belt AU - Bassetti, Maria-Angela AU - Berné, Serge AU - Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine AU - Dennielou, Bernard AU - Alonso, Yoann AU - Buscail, Roselyne AU - Jalali, Bassem AU - Hebert, Bertil AU - Menniti, Christophe T2 - Climate of the Past AB - Abstract. Expanded marine Holocene archives are relatively scarce in the Mediterranean Sea because most of the sediments were trapped in catchment areas during this period. Mud belts are the most suitable targets to access expanded Holocene records. These sedimentary bodies represent excellent archives for the study of sea–land interactions and notably the impact of the hydrological activity on sediment accumulation. We retrieved a 7.2 m long sediment core from the Rhône mud belt in the Gulf of Lions in an area where the average accumulation rate is ca. 0.70 m 1000 yr−1. This core thus provides a continuous and high-resolution record of the last 10 ka cal BP. A multiproxy dataset (XRF core scan, 14C dates, grain size and organic-matter analysis) combined with seismic stratigraphic analysis was used to document decadal to centennial changes in the Rhône hydrological activity. Our results show that (1) the early Holocene was characterized by high sediment delivery likely indicative of local intense (but short-duration) rainfall events, (2) important sediment delivery around 7 ka cal BP presumably related to increased river flux, (3) a progressive increase in continental/marine input during the mid-Holocene despite increased distance from river outlets due to sea-level rise possibly related to higher atmospheric humidity caused by the southward migration of the storm tracks in the North Atlantic, (4) multidecadal to centennial humid events took place in the late Holocene. Some of these events correspond to the cold periods identified in the North Atlantic (Little Ice Age, LIA; Dark Ages Cold Period) and also coincide with time intervals of major floods in the northern Alps. Other humid events are also observed during relatively warm periods (Roman Humid Period and Medieval Climate Anomaly). DA - 2016/07/15/ PY - 2016 DO - 10.5194/cp-12-1539-2016 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 7 SP - 1539 EP - 1553 J2 - Clim. Past LA - en SN - 1814-9332 UR - https://cp.copernicus.org/articles/12/1539/2016/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:17 L1 - https://www.clim-past.net/12/1539/2016/cp-12-1539-2016.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Hydroclimate variability during the last 2700 years based on stalagmite multi-proxy records in the central-western Mediterranean AU - Cisneros, Mercè AU - Cacho, Isabel AU - Moreno, Ana AU - Stoll, Heather AU - Torner, Judit AU - Català, Albert AU - Edwards, R. Lawrence AU - Cheng, Hai AU - Fornós, Joan J. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2021/10// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.107137 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 269 SP - 107137 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379121003449 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:11 L1 - https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/20.500.11850/501922/3/1-s2.0-S0277379121003449-main.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - The vanished Alnus-dominated forests along the Tyrrhenian coast AU - Magri, Donatella AU - Celant, Alessandra AU - Di Rita, Federico T2 - CATENA DA - 2019/11// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.catena.2019.104136 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 182 SP - 104136 J2 - CATENA LA - en SN - 03418162 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816219302784 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:44:04 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Coastal dune development and morphological changes along the littorals of Garigliano, Italy, and Elis, Greece, during the Holocene AU - Carlo, Donadio AU - Leonidas, Stamatopoulos AU - Corrado, Stanislao AU - Micla, Pennetta T2 - Journal of Coastal Conservation DA - 2018/10// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s11852-017-0543-3 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 22 IS - 5 SP - 847 EP - 863 J2 - J Coast Conserv LA - en SN - 1400-0350, 1874-7841 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11852-017-0543-3 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:59 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Turia river delta and coastal barrier-lagoon of Valencia (Mediterranean coast of Spain): Geomorphological processes and global climate fluctuations since Iberian-Roman times AU - Ruiz-Pérez, José-Miguel AU - Carmona, Pilar T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2019/09// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.07.005 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 219 SP - 84 EP - 101 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Turia river delta and coastal barrier-lagoon of Valencia (Mediterranean coast of Spain) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379119303166 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:53 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Representativeness of Olea Pollen from Olive Groves and the Late Holocene Landscape Reconstruction in Central Mediterranean AU - Florenzano, Assunta AU - Mercuri, Anna Maria AU - Rinaldi, Rossella AU - Rattighieri, Eleonora AU - Fornaciari, Rita AU - Messora, Rita AU - Arru, Laura T2 - Frontiers in Earth Science DA - 2017/10/20/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.3389/feart.2017.00085 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 5 SP - 85 J2 - Front. Earth Sci. SN - 2296-6463 UR - http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2017.00085/full Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:48 L1 - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2017.00085/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Sedimentology and geochemistry of lacustrine terraces of three Middle Atlas lakes: Paleohydrological changes for the last 2300 cal BP in Morocco (western Mediterranean region) AU - Damnati, B. AU - Etebaai, I. AU - Benjilani, H. AU - El Khoudri, K. AU - Reddad, H. AU - Taieb, M. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2016/06// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2015.10.038 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 404 SP - 163 EP - 173 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Sedimentology and geochemistry of lacustrine terraces of three Middle Atlas lakes UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618215009970 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:42 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The potential of gypsum speleothems for paleoclimatology: application to the Iberian Roman Humid Period AU - Gázquez, Fernando AU - Bauska, Thomas K. AU - Comas-Bru, Laia AU - Ghaleb, Bassam AU - Calaforra, José-María AU - Hodell, David A. T2 - Scientific Reports AB - Abstract Carbonate cave deposits (speleothems) have been used widely for paleoclimate reconstructions; however, few studies have examined the utility of other speleothem-forming minerals for this purpose. Here we demonstrate for the first time that stable isotopes (δ 17 O, δ 18 O and δD) of structurally-bound gypsum (CaSO 4 ·2H 2 O) hydration water (GHW) can be used to infer paleoclimate. Specifically, we used a 63 cm-long gypsum stalactite from Sima Blanca Cave to reconstruct the climate history of SE Spain from ~ 800 BCE to ~ 800 CE. The gypsum stalactite indicates wet conditions in the cave and humid climate from ~ 200 BCE to 100 CE, at the time of the Roman Empire apogee in Hispania. From ~ 100 CE to ~ 600 CE, evaporation in the cave increased in response to regional aridification that peaked at ~ 500–600 CE, roughly coinciding with the transition between the Iberian Roman Humid Period and the Migration Period. Our record agrees with most Mediterranean and Iberian paleoclimate archives, demonstrating that stable isotopes of GHW in subaerial gypsum speleothems are a useful tool for paleoclimate reconstructions. DA - 2020/12// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1038/s41598-020-71679-3 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 14705 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 ST - The potential of gypsum speleothems for paleoclimatology UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71679-3 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:34 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-71679-3.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Estuarine development and early Holocene transgression across an aeolianite substrate, Caesarea, central Israel AU - Goff, John A. AU - Austin, James A. AU - Goodman-Tchernov, Beverly N. T2 - Continental Shelf Research DA - 2018/04// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.csr.2018.03.001 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 158 SP - 33 EP - 44 J2 - Continental Shelf Research LA - en SN - 02784343 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0278434317304909 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:26 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The Middle Neolithic of Morocco’s North-Western Atlantic Strip: New Evidence from the El-Khil Caves (Tangier) AU - Martínez Sánchez, Rafael M. AU - Vera Rodríguez, Juan Carlos AU - Peña-Chocarro, Leonor AU - Bokbot, Youssef AU - Pérez Jordà, Guillem AU - Pardo-Gordó, Salvador T2 - African Archaeological Review DA - 2018/09// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1007/s10437-018-9310-6 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 35 IS - 3 SP - 417 EP - 442 J2 - Afr Archaeol Rev LA - en SN - 0263-0338, 1572-9842 ST - The Middle Neolithic of Morocco’s North-Western Atlantic Strip UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10437-018-9310-6 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:21 ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Neolithic palaeo-catena for the Xagħra Upper Coralline Limestone plateau of Gozo, Malta, and its implications for past soil development and land use AU - French, Charles AU - Taylor, Sean AU - McLaughlin, Rowan AU - Cresswell, Alan AU - Kinnaird, Tim AU - Sanderson, David AU - Stoddart, Simon AU - Malone, Caroline T2 - CATENA DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.catena.2018.07.039 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 171 SP - 337 EP - 358 J2 - CATENA LA - en SN - 03418162 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816218303163 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:16 L1 - https://pureadmin.qub.ac.uk/ws/files/161095884/Gozo_Neo_soils_paper_for_Catena.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Extreme wave events recorded in sedimentary archives of the Geropotamos River (north-central Crete, Greece) AU - Werner, Vera AU - Baika, Kalliopi AU - Tzigounaki, Anastasia AU - Reicherter, Klaus AU - Papanikolaou, Ioannis AU - Emde, Kurt AU - Fischer, Peter AU - Vött, Andreas T2 - Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementary Issues DA - 2019/10/01/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1127/zfg_suppl/2019/0602 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 62 IS - 2 SP - 63 EP - 100 J2 - zfg_suppl LA - en SN - 1864-1687 UR - http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/zfg_suppl/detail/62/91796/Extreme_wave_events_recorded_in_sedimentary_archiv?af=crossref Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:43:06 ER - TY - JOUR TI - A Bayesian test for the 4.2 ka BP abrupt climatic change event in southeast Europe and southwest Asia using structural time series analysis of paleoclimate data AU - Ön, Z. B. AU - Greaves, A. M. AU - Akçer-Ön, S. AU - Özeren, M. S. T2 - Climatic Change DA - 2021/03// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1007/s10584-021-03010-6 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 165 IS - 1-2 SP - 7 J2 - Climatic Change LA - en SN - 0165-0009, 1573-1480 UR - https://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10584-021-03010-6 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:54 ER - TY - JOUR TI - A 2600-year high-resolution climate record from Lake Trichonida (SW Greece) AU - Seguin, Joana AU - Avramidis, Pavlos AU - Dörfler, Walter AU - Emmanouilidis, Alexandros AU - Unkel, Ingmar T2 - E&G Quaternary Science Journal AB - Abstract. This paper aims at reconstructing the palaeoclimatic changes during the last 2600 years in southern Greece based on a proxy record from Lake Trichonida. For the first time, we provide a reliable age-depth model and continuous geochemical data for the largest and deepest lake in Greece. We use X-ray fluorescence (XRF) geochemical data supported by discrete mineral analysis based on X-ray diffraction (XRD), grain size distribution, and organic matter content to investigate changes in the lake sedimentary system and identify the major forcing mechanisms. A principal component analysis based on the XRF geochemical composition identifies the variation between carbonate-rich material, precipitating predominantly under drier and/or warmer conditions, and terrigenous sediment input, with it being more prominent during wetter and/or colder conditions. The first principal component (PC1) shows a very strong correlation with the weathering proxy log (Rb∕Sr), and we interpret both proxies as depicting fluctuations in the hydrological conditions. A cluster analysis, conducted on the continuous geochemical and colour parameters, highlights the similarities in the sediment characteristics deposited during wetter phases, notably during 1850–1750, 1500–1400, ca. 1100, and ca. 100 cal BP. When comparing the PC1 Trichonida record to independent records from the Balkans, we find generally concurring patterns on a multi-decadal to centennial scale. We show that phases with wetter conditions at Lake Trichonida coincide with a more negative North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index, suggesting that the precipitation variability in southern Greece is linked to changes in the NAO atmospheric pattern, as one major driving force. The 2600-year-long sedimentary record of Lake Trichonida contributes to a better understanding of Late Holocene palaeohydrological changes in an important climatic transitional zone in the eastern Mediterranean. DA - 2020/10/08/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.5194/egqsj-69-139-2020 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 69 IS - 2 SP - 139 EP - 160 J2 - E&G Quaternary Sci. J. LA - en SN - 2199-9090 UR - https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/69/139/2020/ Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:49 L1 - https://egqsj.copernicus.org/articles/69/139/2020/egqsj-69-139-2020.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene history of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) woodlands in the Ebro Basin (NE Spain): Climate-biased or human-induced? AU - Aranbarri, Josu AU - Alcolea, Marta AU - Badal, Ernestina AU - Vila, Silvia AU - Allué, Ethel AU - Iriarte-Chiapusso, María José AU - Sebastián, María AU - Magri, Donatella AU - González-Sampériz, Penélope T2 - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology DA - 2020/08// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2020.104240 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 279 SP - 104240 J2 - Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology LA - en SN - 00346667 ST - Holocene history of Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) woodlands in the Ebro Basin (NE Spain) UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0034666720300774 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:43 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Biomarker hydrogen isotope composition (δD) as proxy for Holocene hydroclimatic change and seismic activity in SW Peloponnese, Greece: δD AS PROXY FOR HYDROCLIMATE CHANGE AU - Norström, Elin AU - Katrantsiotis, Christos AU - Finné, Martin AU - Risberg, Jan AU - Smittenberg, Rienk H. AU - Bjursäter, Stefan T2 - Journal of Quaternary Science DA - 2018/07// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1002/jqs.3036 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 33 IS - 5 SP - 563 EP - 574 J2 - J. Quaternary Sci. LA - en SN - 02678179 ST - Biomarker hydrogen isotope composition (δD) as proxy for Holocene hydroclimatic change and seismic activity in SW Peloponnese, Greece UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jqs.3036 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:30 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Evaluation of anhydrosugars as a molecular proxy for paleofire activity: A case study on a Holocene sediment core from Agios Floros, Peloponnese, Greece AU - Norström, Elin AU - West, Johannes AU - Kouli, Katerina AU - Katrantsiotis, Christos AU - Hättestrand, Martina AU - Smittenberg, Rienk H. T2 - Organic Geochemistry DA - 2021/03// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.orggeochem.2021.104193 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 153 SP - 104193 J2 - Organic Geochemistry LA - en SN - 01466380 ST - Evaluation of anhydrosugars as a molecular proxy for paleofire activity UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0146638021000140 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:23 L1 - https://umu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1526007/FULLTEXT01 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Persistent warm Mediterranean surface waters during the Roman period AU - Margaritelli, G. AU - Cacho, I. AU - Català, A. AU - Barra, M. AU - Bellucci, L. G. AU - Lubritto, C. AU - Rettori, R. AU - Lirer, F. T2 - Scientific Reports AB - Abstract Reconstruction of last millennia Sea Surface Temperature (SST) evolution is challenging due to the difficulty retrieving good resolution marine records and to the several uncertainties in the available proxy tools. In this regard, the Roman Period (1 CE to 500 CE) was particularly relevant in the socio-cultural development of the Mediterranean region while its climatic characteristics remain uncertain. Here we present a new SST reconstruction from the Sicily Channel based in Mg/Ca ratios measured on the planktonic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber . This new record is framed in the context of other previously published Mediterranean SST records from the Alboran Sea, Minorca Basin and Aegean Sea and also compared to a north Hemisphere temperature reconstruction. The most solid image that emerges of this trans-Mediterranean comparison is the persistent regional occurrence of a distinct warm phase during the Roman Period. This record comparison consistently shows the Roman as the warmest period of the last 2 kyr, about 2 °C warmer than average values for the late centuries for the Sicily and Western Mediterranean regions. After the Roman Period a general cooling trend developed in the region with several minor oscillations. We hypothesis the potential link between this Roman Climatic Optimum and the expansion and subsequent decline of the Roman Empire. DA - 2020/12// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1038/s41598-020-67281-2 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 10 IS - 1 SP - 10431 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67281-2 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:16 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67281-2.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climatic variability over the last 3000 years in the central - western Mediterranean Sea (Menorca Basin) detected by planktonic foraminifera and stable isotope records AU - Margaritelli, G. AU - Cisneros, M. AU - Cacho, I. AU - Capotondi, L. AU - Vallefuoco, M. AU - Rettori, R. AU - Lirer, F. T2 - Global and Planetary Change DA - 2018/10// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.07.012 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 169 SP - 179 EP - 187 J2 - Global and Planetary Change LA - en SN - 09218181 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S092181811830136X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:10 L1 - http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/bitstream/2445/149719/1/Margaritelli%20et%20al.%20.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene hydrological changes in Europe and the role of the North Atlantic ocean circulation from a speleothem perspective AU - Demény, Attila AU - Kern, Zoltán AU - Hatvani, István Gábor AU - Torma, Csaba AU - Topál, Dániel AU - Frisia, Silvia AU - Leél-Őssy, Szabolcs AU - Czuppon, György AU - Surányi, Gergely T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2021/01// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.10.061 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 571 SP - 1 EP - 10 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618220307072 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:05 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate pacing of millennial sea-level change variability in the central and western Mediterranean AU - Vacchi, Matteo AU - Joyse, Kristen M. AU - Kopp, Robert E. AU - Marriner, Nick AU - Kaniewski, David AU - Rovere, Alessio T2 - Nature Communications AB - Abstract Future warming in the Mediterranean is expected to significantly exceed global values with unpredictable implications on the sea-level rise rates in the coming decades. Here, we apply an empirical-Bayesian spatio-temporal statistical model to a dataset of 401 sea-level index points from the central and western Mediterranean and reconstruct rates of sea-level change for the past 10,000 years. We demonstrate that the mean rates of Mediterranean industrial-era sea-level rise have been significantly faster than any other period since ~4000 years ago. We further highlight a previously unrecognized variability in Mediterranean sea-level change rates. In the Common Era, this variability correlates with the occurrence of major regional-scale cooling/warming episodes. Our data show a sea-level stabilization during the Late Antique Little Ice Age cold event, which interrupted a general rising trend of ~0.45 mm a −1 that characterized the warming episodes of the Common Era. By contrast, the Little Ice Age cold event had only minor regional effects on Mediterranean sea-level change rates. DA - 2021/12// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1038/s41467-021-24250-1 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 12 IS - 1 SP - 4013 J2 - Nat Commun LA - en SN - 2041-1723 UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24250-1 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:42:00 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-24250-1.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Tephrostratigraphy of paleoclimatic archives in central Mediterranean during the Bronze Age AU - Zanchetta, Giovanni AU - Bini, Monica AU - Di Vito, Mauro A. AU - Sulpizio, Roberto AU - Sadori, Laura T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2019/01// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.06.012 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 499 SP - 186 EP - 194 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S104061821731128X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:41:31 L1 - https://arpi.unipi.it/retrieve/handle/11568/933560/349387/QUATINT_2017_664_Revision%201_V0.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Buxus sempervirens and Laurus nobilis leaves from an archaeological site at 7300 cal BP (La Draga, Spain) provide a better understanding of past vegetation and human activities AU - Castells, Eva AU - Araya-Piqué, Valentina AU - Behncké, Ada AU - Piqué, Raquel T2 - The Holocene AB - Leaves are valuable, but very rare, remains in archaeological contexts, as they can provide precise information on the landscape vegetation composition, the past climatic conditions and the use of plant resources in a settlement. La Draga (Spain) is an early Neolithic site partially waterlogged, which has allowed the preservation of organic material. During the excavation of the oldest level (7300–7000 cal BP), we recovered 29 leaf samples in an optimal state of preservation. Here we explore the potential of these leaves as indicators both of the use of vegetation at the settlement and of past climatic conditions. Firstly, we determined the species identity by comparing the leaf morphological and microanatomical traits with those of contemporary individuals. Secondly, we analyzed the leaf stomatal patterning (stomatal density, index, and size) as proxies of paleoclimate during the Neolithic, when lower atmospheric CO 2 and wetter conditions are documented. The leaves of La Draga were identified as Laurus nobilis and Buxus sempervirens, two evergreen species well documented at the site from other archaeobotanical records, such as charcoal and wooden implements. We found no differences in stomatal traits between the archaeological and the contemporary leaves of L. nobilis and B. sempervirens, which shows the limitation of stomatal frequency as proxies for CO 2 . The presence of these species at the site provides good complementary data for past woodland vegetation composition and the production of wood implements. The wide distribution of L. nobilis leaves across the site suggests that this taxon was present in the riparian forest at the site surroundings. In contrast, leaves of B. sempervirens were grouped together, which might indicate that they belonged to the same branch, probably transported as raw material from nearby forests to the settlement. This study illustrates the value of archaeological leaves to provide a better understanding on the past vegetation and human activities. DA - 2021/04// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1177/0959683620981677 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 31 IS - 4 SP - 570 EP - 578 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683620981677 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:41:25 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Apulian prehistoric community connections: Preliminary results of GIS analysis and field activity AU - Filloramo, Roberto AU - Becker, Valeska AU - Curci, Antonio T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2020/08// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102380 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 32 SP - 102380 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X ST - Apulian prehistoric community connections UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X20301711 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:41:14 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Tracing sea-level changes during the mid-Holocene in the southern Mediterranean coast: An example from the Gulf of Gabes AU - Gzam, Maher AU - El Mejdoub, Noureddine AU - Boumaggard, El Hassan T2 - Sedimentary Geology DA - 2019/08// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2019.105516 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 391 SP - 105516 J2 - Sedimentary Geology LA - en SN - 00370738 ST - Tracing sea-level changes during the mid-Holocene in the southern Mediterranean coast UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0037073819301563 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:41:08 ER - TY - JOUR TI - New insights into source and dispersal of Mediterranean S1 tephra, an early Holocene marker horizon erupted at Mt. Erciyes (Turkey) AU - Friedrichs, Bjarne AU - Schindlbeck-Belo, Julie C. AU - Danišík, Martin AU - Jenkins, Susanna F. AU - Yurteri, Esra AU - Çobankaya, Mehmet AU - Frische, Matthias AU - Wang, Kuo-Lung AU - Lee, Hao-Yang AU - Atıcı, Gokhan AU - Schmitt, Axel K. AU - Sparks, R. Stephen J. T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2020/12// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106606 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 249 SP - 106606 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379120305680 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:41:04 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Realising consilience: How better communication between archaeologists, historians and natural scientists can transform the study of past climate change in the Mediterranean AU - Izdebski, Adam AU - Holmgren, Karin AU - Weiberg, Erika AU - Stocker, Sharon R. AU - Büntgen, Ulf AU - Florenzano, Assunta AU - Gogou, Alexandra AU - Leroy, Suzanne A.G. AU - Luterbacher, Jürg AU - Martrat, Belen AU - Masi, Alessia AU - Mercuri, Anna Maria AU - Montagna, Paolo AU - Sadori, Laura AU - Schneider, Adam AU - Sicre, Marie-Alexandrine AU - Triantaphyllou, Maria AU - Xoplaki, Elena T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2016/03// PY - 2016 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.038 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 136 SP - 5 EP - 22 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - Realising consilience UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379115301591 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:48:29 L1 - https://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/12080/5/Fulltext.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Holocene hydro-climatic variability in the Mediterranean: A synthetic multi-proxy reconstruction AU - Finné, Martin AU - Woodbridge, Jessie AU - Labuhn, Inga AU - Roberts, C Neil T2 - The Holocene AB - Here we identify and analyze proxy data interpreted to reflect hydro-climatic variability over the last 10,000 years from the Mediterranean region to (1) outline millennial and multi-centennial-scale trends and (2) identify regional patterns of hydro-climatic variability. A total of 47 lake, cave, and marine records were transformed to z-scores to allow direct comparisons between sites, put on a common time scale, and binned into 200-year time slices. Six different regions were identified based on numerical and spatial analyzes of z-scores: S Iberia and Maghreb, N Iberia, Italy, the Balkans, Turkey, and the Levant, and the overall hydro-climate history of each region was reconstructed. N Iberia is largely decoupled from the five other regions throughout the Holocene. Wetter conditions occur in the five other regions between 8500 and 6100 yr BP. After 6000 yr BP, climate oscillated until around 3000 ± 300 yr BP, which seems to have been the overall driest period in the eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. In contrast, Italy and N Iberia seem to have remained wetter during this period. In addition, non-metric multidimensional scaling (nMDS) was applied to 18 long, continuous climate z-score records that span the majority of the Holocene. nMDS axes 1 and 2 illustrate the main trends in the z-score data. The first axis captures a long-term development of drier condition in the Mediterranean from 7900 to 3700 yr BP. Rapid shifts occur in nMDS axis 2 at 6700–6300 BP, 4500–4300 BP, and 3500–3300 BP indicating centennial-scale climate change. Our synthesis highlights a dominant south/east versus north/west Mediterranean hydro-climate dipole throughout the Holocene and therefore confirms that there was no single climate trajectory characterizing the whole Mediterranean basin during the last 10 millennia. DA - 2019/05// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683619826634 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 5 SP - 847 EP - 863 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 ST - Holocene hydro-climatic variability in the Mediterranean UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683619826634 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:48:17 L1 - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/bitstream/10026.1/13764/1/Finne%20et%20al_Med%20hydro-climate_Holocene_2019_repository%20copy.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - From natural to cultural mires during the last 15 ka years: An integrated approach comparing 14C ages on basal peat layers with geomorphological, palaeoecological and archaeological data (Eastern Massif Central, France) AU - Dendievel, André-Marie AU - Jouffroy-Bapicot, Isabelle AU - Argant, Jacqueline AU - Scholtès, Antoine AU - Tourman, Arnaud AU - Beaulieu, Jacques-Louis de AU - Cubizolle, Hervé T2 - Quaternary Science Reviews DA - 2020/04// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106219 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 233 SP - 106219 J2 - Quaternary Science Reviews LA - en SN - 02773791 ST - From natural to cultural mires during the last 15 ka years UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0277379119310789 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:48:12 L1 - https://hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02531966/file/Dendievel%20et%20al%202020%20Geomorphology%20Palaeoecology%20Archaeology.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Dynamics and effects of the Vesuvius Pomici di Avellino Plinian eruption and related phenomena on the Bronze Age landscape of Campania region (Southern Italy) AU - Di Vito, Mauro A. AU - Talamo, P. AU - de Vita, S. AU - Rucco, I. AU - Zanchetta, G. AU - Cesarano, M. T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2019/01// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2018.03.021 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 499 SP - 231 EP - 244 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618217312478 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:56 ER - TY - JOUR TI - The climate-triggered western shift of the confluence between the Dora Baltea and Po rivers (north-western Italy) during the late Holocene AU - Giraudi, Carlo T2 - The Holocene AB - The study on the migrations of the confluence between the rivers Po and Dora Baltea was based on a detailed observation of aerial photographs, field surveys and sediment stratigraphy. The age of the sediments and morphological features was based on radiocarbon datings, on the presence of archaeological settlements and ancient artefacts and on historical data. The aerial photographs of the GAI 1954 flight of the Italian Air Force were used because in the year 1954, some low terraces were still clearly visible, while today are almost completely obliterated because of the works for the improvement of the rice fields. A succession of nine fluvioglacial and fluvial terraces and many abandoned riverbeds have been identified: the interpretation of the morphological features made it possible to identify the Po and Dora Baltea evolution during the late Holocene. The study established that during the last 3000 years, the confluence of the Dora Baltea into the Po has constantly migrated to the west and that this migration occurred during alluvial phases dating back to the Iron Age, 2nd century BC–1st century AD, 5th century AD, 6th–8th century AD and 15th–19th century AD. The alluvial phases occurred during periods of increased floods in northern Italy and advances of the Alpine glaciers in northwestern Italy and Switzerland. Neither tectonic deformations nor anthropic actions seem to have influenced fluvial evolution in the last 3000 years. The westward migration of the confluence between the rivers was therefore triggered by climatic changes, but caused by the different responses of the catchments of the Dora Baltea and the Po rivers to climatic changes, and by the greater slope of the Dora Baltea flood plain. DA - 2019/03// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1177/0959683618816475 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 3 SP - 432 EP - 444 J2 - The Holocene LA - en SN - 0959-6836, 1477-0911 UR - http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0959683618816475 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:51 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Terra, Silva et Paludes . Assessing the Role of Alluvial Geomorphology for Late-Holocene Settlement Strategies (Po Plain – N Italy) Through Point Pattern Analysis AU - Brandolini, Filippo AU - Carrer, Francesco T2 - Environmental Archaeology DA - 2021/09/03/ PY - 2021 DO - 10.1080/14614103.2020.1740866 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 26 IS - 5 SP - 511 EP - 525 J2 - Environmental Archaeology LA - en SN - 1461-4103, 1749-6314 UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14614103.2020.1740866 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:45 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Archaeobotanical evidence of food plants in Northern Italy during the Roman period AU - Bosi, Giovanna AU - Castiglioni, Elisabetta AU - Rinaldi, Rossella AU - Mazzanti, Marta AU - Marchesini, Marco AU - Rottoli, Mauro T2 - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany DA - 2020/11// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1007/s00334-020-00772-4 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 29 IS - 6 SP - 681 EP - 697 J2 - Veget Hist Archaeobot LA - en SN - 0939-6314, 1617-6278 UR - http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s00334-020-00772-4 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:40 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Pedological investigation of an early Bronze Age site in southern Italy AU - Vingiani, Simona AU - Minieri, Luciana AU - Albore Livadie, Claude AU - Di Vito, Mauro A. AU - Terribile, Fabio T2 - Geoarchaeology DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1002/gea.21625 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 33 IS - 2 SP - 193 EP - 217 J2 - Geoarchaeology LA - en SN - 08836353 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/gea.21625 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:34 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Neolithic woodland management and land-use in south-eastern Europe: The anthracological evidence from Northern Greece and Bulgaria AU - Marinova, Elena AU - Ntinou, Maria T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2018/12// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.04.004 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 496 SP - 51 EP - 67 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 ST - Neolithic woodland management and land-use in south-eastern Europe UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216313635 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:25 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Landscape and wood-fuel in Akrotiri (Thera, Greece) during the Bronze Age AU - Mavromati, Antigoni T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2017/11// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2016.11.047 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 458 SP - 44 EP - 55 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618216307509 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:17 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Spread of domestic animals across Neolithic western Anatolia: New stable isotope evidence from Uğurlu Höyük, the island of Gökçeada, Turkey AU - Birch, Suzanne E. Pilaar AU - Atici, Levent AU - Erdoğu, Burçin T2 - PLOS ONE A2 - Biehl, Peter F. DA - 2019/10/10/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0222319 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 14 IS - 10 SP - e0222319 J2 - PLoS ONE LA - en SN - 1932-6203 ST - Spread of domestic animals across Neolithic western Anatolia UR - https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222319 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:47:02 L1 - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0222319&type=printable ER - TY - JOUR TI - Fuel for debating ancient economies. Calculating wood consumption at urban scale in Roman Imperial times AU - Janssen, Ellen AU - Poblome, Jeroen AU - Claeys, Johan AU - Kint, Vincent AU - Degryse, Patrick AU - Marinova, Elena AU - Muys, Bart T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2017/02// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.12.029 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 11 SP - 592 EP - 599 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X16303777 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:55 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Black carbon traces of human activities in stalagmites from Turkey AU - Koç, Koray AU - Koşun, Erdal AU - Cheng, Hai AU - Demirtaş, Ferdi AU - Lawrence Edwards, R. AU - Fleitmann, Dominik T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science DA - 2020/11// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105255 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 123 SP - 105255 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science LA - en SN - 03054403 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S030544032030176X Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:49 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Astragalar morphology: Approaching the cultural trajectories of wild and domestic sheep applying Geometric Morphometrics AU - Pöllath, Nadja AU - Schafberg, Renate AU - Peters, Joris T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2019/02// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.12.004 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 23 SP - 810 EP - 821 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X ST - Astragalar morphology UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X18305182 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:43 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Effect of dung, ash and runoff water on wheat and barley grain sizes and stable isotope ratios: Experimental studies in ancient desert agriculture (Negev, Israel) AU - van Bommel, Danielle AU - Bruins, Hendrik J. AU - Lazarovitch, Naftali AU - van der Plicht, Johannes T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports DA - 2021/10// PY - 2021 DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103172 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 39 SP - 103172 J2 - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports LA - en SN - 2352409X ST - Effect of dung, ash and runoff water on wheat and barley grain sizes and stable isotope ratios UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2352409X21003849 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:31 ER - TY - JOUR TI - GIS-based hydrological modelling to assess runoff yields in ancient-agricultural terraced wadi fields (central Negev desert) AU - Bruins, Hendrik J. AU - Bithan-Guedj, Hodaya AU - Svoray, Tal T2 - Journal of Arid Environments DA - 2019/07// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2019.02.010 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 166 SP - 91 EP - 107 J2 - Journal of Arid Environments LA - en SN - 01401963 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0140196319300266 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:26 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Leaf Wax δD and δ 13 C in Soils Record Hydrological and Environmental Information Across a Climatic Gradient in Israel AU - Goldsmith, Yonaton AU - Polissar, Pratigya J. AU - deMenocal, Peter B. AU - Broecker, Wallace S. T2 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences DA - 2019/09// PY - 2019 DO - 10.1029/2019JG005149 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 124 IS - 9 SP - 2898 EP - 2916 J2 - J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosci. LA - en SN - 2169-8953, 2169-8961 UR - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019JG005149 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:21 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Ancient through mid-twentieth century runoff harvesting agriculture in the hyper-arid Arava Valley of Israel AU - Stavi, Ilan AU - Ragolsky, Gidon AU - Shem-Tov, Rahamim AU - Shlomi, Yanai AU - Ackermann, Oren AU - Rueff, Henri AU - Lekach, Judith T2 - CATENA DA - 2018/03// PY - 2018 DO - 10.1016/j.catena.2017.11.027 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 162 SP - 80 EP - 87 J2 - CATENA LA - en SN - 03418162 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0341816217303958 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:10 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Mapping Post-Glacial expansions: The Peopling of Southwest Asia AU - Platt, Daniel E. AU - Haber, Marc AU - Dagher-Kharrat, Magda Bou AU - Douaihy, Bouchra AU - Khazen, Georges AU - Ashrafian Bonab, Maziar AU - Salloum, Angélique AU - Mouzaya, Francis AU - Luiselli, Donata AU - Tyler-Smith, Chris AU - Renfrew, Colin AU - Matisoo-Smith, Elizabeth AU - Zalloua, Pierre A. T2 - Scientific Reports DA - 2017/02// PY - 2017 DO - 10.1038/srep40338 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 7 IS - 1 SP - 40338 J2 - Sci Rep LA - en SN - 2045-2322 ST - Mapping Post-Glacial expansions UR - http://www.nature.com/articles/srep40338 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:46:05 L1 - https://www.nature.com/articles/srep40338.pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Character, Rates, and Environmental Significance of Holocene Dust Accumulation in Archaeological Hilltop Ruins in the Southern Levant AU - Lucke, Bernhard AU - Roskin, Joel AU - Vanselow, Kim André AU - Bruins, Hendrik J. AU - Abu-Jaber, Nizar AU - Deckers, Katleen AU - Lindauer, Susanne AU - Porat, Naomi AU - Reimer, Paula J. AU - Bäumler, Rupert AU - Erickson-Gini, Tali AU - Kouki, Paula T2 - Geosciences AB - Loess accumulated in the Negev desert during the Pleistocene and primary and secondary loess remains cover large parts of the landscape. Holocene loess deposits are however absent. This could be due low accumulation rates, lack of preservation, and higher erosion rates in comparison to the Pleistocene. This study hypothesized that archaeological ruins preserve Holocene dust. We studied soils developed on archaeological hilltop ruins in the Negev and the Petra region and compared them with local soils, paleosols, geological outcrops, and current dust. Seven statistically modeled grain size end-members were identified and demonstrate that the ruin soils in both regions consist of mixtures of local and remote sediment sources that differ from dust compositions deposited during current storms. This discrepancy is attributed to fixation processes connected with sediment-fixing agents such as vegetation, biocrusts, and/or clast pavements associated with vesicular layers. Average dust accretion rates in the ruins are estimated to be ~0.14 mm/a, suggesting that ~30% of the current dust that can be trapped with dry marble dust collectors has been stored in the ruin soils. Deposition amounts and grain sizes do not significantly correlate with wind intensity. However, precipitation may have contributed to dust accretion. A snowstorm in the Petra region delivered a significantly higher amount of sediment than rain or dry deposition. Snowfall dust had a unique particle size distribution relatively similar to the ruin soils. Wet deposition and snow might catalyze dust deposition and enhance fixation by fostering vegetation and crust formation. More frequent snowfall during the Pleistocene may have been an important mechanism of primary loess deposition in the southern Levant. DA - 2019/04/24/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.3390/geosciences9040190 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 9 IS - 4 SP - 190 J2 - Geosciences LA - en SN - 2076-3263 UR - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/4/190 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:45:59 L1 - https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/9/4/190/pdf ER - TY - JOUR TI - Flax cultivation in the southern Levant and its development during the Bronze and Iron Age AU - Orendi, Andrea T2 - Quaternary International DA - 2020/04// PY - 2020 DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2019.10.007 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 545 SP - 63 EP - 72 J2 - Quaternary International LA - en SN - 10406182 UR - https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1040618219308067 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:45:53 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Birds in Transition: Bird Exploitation in the Southern Levant During the Late Bronze Age, Iron Age I, and Iron Age II AU - Spiciarich, Abra T2 - Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research DA - 2020/05/01/ PY - 2020 DO - 10.1086/707393 DP - DOI.org (Crossref) VL - 383 SP - 61 EP - 78 J2 - Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research LA - en SN - 0003-097X, 2161-8062 ST - Birds in Transition UR - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/707393 Y2 - 2021/10/26/12:45:48 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Climate, Settlement History, and Olive Cultivation in the Iron Age Southern Levant AU - Finkelstein, Israel AU - Langgut, Dafina T2 - Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research AB - In this article, we suggest a palaeo-climate reconstruction of the Iron Age based on pollen diagrams for sediment cores extracted from the center of the Sea of Galilee and from the Zeʾelim ravine on the western shore of the Dead Sea. We describe three pollen zones that roughly correspond to the Iron Age I, Iron Age IIA, and Iron Age IIB–C. Pollen Zone 1 (ca. 1100–950 b.c.e.) is characterized by high arboreal and olive pollen percentages in both records, representing relatively wet climate conditions and intense olive cultivation in the regions west of the lakes. Pollen Zones 2 (ca. 950–750 b.c.e.) and 3 (ca. 750–550 b.c.e.) are typified by a profound reduction in olive cultivation. Based on Mediterranean tree pollen percentages in the Sea of Galilee record and sediment characteristics in the Zeʾelim profile, climate conditions still seem to have been humid, albeit slightly less than in Pollen Zone 1. The low arboreal pollen in Pollen Zones 2 and 3 in the Zeʾelim diagram is probably the result of intense human influence on the natural vegetation in the Judaean highlands. The lowest olive pollen values during the Bronze and Iron Ages were documented in both records at ca. 700 b.c.e., possibly the outcome of depopulation as a result of deportation and the succeeding abandonment of olive orchards. These and other trends discussed in the article show that climate is only one of the factors that influenced settlement processes and economic trends in antiquity. DA - 2018/05/01/ PY - 2018 DO - 10.5615/bullamerschoorie.379.0153 DP - journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon) VL - 379 SP - 153 EP - 169 SN - 0003-097X UR - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.5615/bullamerschoorie.379.0153 Y2 - 2021/10/26/13:01:33 L1 - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.5615/bullamerschoorie.379.0153 L2 - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.5615/bullamerschoorie.379.0153 ER - TY - JOUR TI - Ancient Environment and Human Interaction at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath AU - Ackermann, Oren AU - Greenbaum, Noam AU - Bruins, Hendrik AU - Ayalon, Avner AU - Bar-Matthews, Miryam AU - Cabanes, Dan AU - Horwitz, Liora Kolska AU - Neumann, Frank H. AU - Osband, Mechael AU - Porat, Naomi AU - Weiss, Ehud AU - Maeir, Aren M. T2 - Near Eastern Archaeology AB - An archaeological site is an integral part of its surrounding landscape. This is one of the main novel approaches in the long-term archaeological project of Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath. The site has interacted with its surrounding for more than three thousand years. It was impacted by the ancient environment, but also had an impact on both the ancient environment and current conditions. The following is a summary of environmental research that has been carried out at the Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath environs from 1999 through 2012. This case study provides important information regarding the ancient landscape and interactions between climate, the environment, and humans. DA - 2017/12/01/ PY - 2017 DO - 10.5615/neareastarch.80.4.0244 DP - journals.uchicago.edu (Atypon) VL - 80 IS - 4 SP - 244 EP - 246 SN - 1094-2076 UR - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.5615/neareastarch.80.4.0244 Y2 - 2021/10/26/13:02:18 L1 - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdf/10.5615/neareastarch.80.4.0244 L2 - https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.5615/neareastarch.80.4.0244 ER -